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
The Honourable Derrick Kellier, CD, MP
Minister of Labour & Social Security
Ministry of Labour & Social Security
‘Dear Minister/ Dear Minister/Dear Minister Kellier
OR
The Honourable Richard Azan, MP
Minister of State
Ministry of Transport, Works & Housing
‘Dear Minister /Dear Minister Azan
If the Minister is also a Member of the Senate, he/she should be formally styled as ‘Senator the Honourable’:
Senator the Honourable Arnold J. Nicholson, QC
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
Opening Salutation:
‘Dear Senator Nicholson/Hon. Minister/Mr Minister
………………………
Yours faithfully,
Signature’