May ministry

May ministry
96th ministry of the United Kingdom (since 1707)
2016–present

Date formed	13 July 2016
People and organisations
Head of government	Theresa May
Head of state	Queen Elizabeth II
Member party	Conservative Party
Status in legislature	Majority
Opposition cabinet	Corbyn Shadow Cabinet
Opposition party	Labour Party
Opposition leader	Jeremy Corbyn
History
Budget(s)	March 2017 budget
Predecessor	Second Cameron ministry

Theresa May formed the May ministry on 13 July 2016 after being invited by Queen Elizabeth II to begin a new government following the resignation of David Cameron from the post of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The ministry, a Conservative majority government, followed the second Cameron ministry, which had been formed following the May 2015 British general election, and which was dissolved in the aftermath of the June 2016 referendum on British withdrawal from the European Union.

May announced her choices for Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Defence Secretary in the evening of 13 July: Philip Hammond, Amber Rudd and Boris Johnson were respectively appointed to the first three posts, while Michael Fallon continued as Defence Secretary.David Davis was appointed to the new post of Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, while Liam Fox became Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade.Greg Clark, who was made business secretary, was mistakenly appointed as President of the Board of Trade by the Privy Council, and held the appointment for four days before the mistake was corrected.