How To Address Ministers of Government

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: ‘The 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

 

Dr. The Honourable Nigel Clarke, MP

Minister of Finance and the Public Service

Ministry of Finance and the Public Service

‘Dear Minister/ Dear Minister/Dear Minister Clarke

OR

The Honourable Floyd Green, MP

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries

Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries

 

‘Dear Minister /Dear Minister Green

 

If the Minister is also a Member of the Senate, he/she should be formally styled as ‘Senator the Honourable’:

 

Senator the 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/

………………………

Yours faithfully,

Signature’