The Deputy Prime Minister, Other Cabinet Ministers and Ministers of State
The Deputy Prime Minister and all other Ministers of the Cabinet are styled: ‘Honourable’
The Mode of Address in:
Writing:
______________________________
Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of ________________________
Ministry of ______________________
Opening Salutation:
‘Dear Deputy Prime Minister/Mr Minister/Sir
……………………………………………………………..
Yours faithfully (formal usage)
Yours sincerely (semi-formal usage)
Signature’
OR
Honourable Audley Shaw, CD, MP
Minister of Industry and Commerce
Ministry of Industry and Commerce
‘Dear Minister/ Dear Minister/Dear Minister Shaw
OR
Honourable William JC Hutchinson, CD, MP
Minister of State Ministry of Transport and Mining
‘Dear Minister /Dear Minister Hutchinson
If the Minister is also a Member of the Senate, he/she should be formally styled as ‘Senator the Honourable’:
Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson-Smith
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
Opening Salutation:
‘Dear Senator Johnson-Smith/Hon. Minister/Madam Minister
………………………………………..
Yours faithfully,
Signature’