How To Address Ministers of Government

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’