David Burt, Premier and Finance

David Burt has chosen to balance the two roles of Premier and Minister of Finance.

The Progressive Labour Party’s leader had been the Shadow Minister of Finance since 2012 and is a former party chairman.

The father of two is a lifelong Pembroke resident and runs an IT and small business consulting firm called GMD Consulting Limited.

He has served on the Tourism Board and the National Training Board, and also filled the position of director at the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce and Bermuda Economic Development Corporation.

Mr Burt is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, the Western Stars Sports Club, and the Devonshire Recreation Club.

Walter Roban, Transport

The Progressive Labour Party’s deputy leader Walter Roban will take the reins of the Ministry of Transport.

Mr Roban has previously held the portfolios of transport, environment, planning and infrastructure strategy and also health during his political career.

He served as the party’s chairman as well as Junior Minister of Labour, Home Affairs and Housing from February 2008, and was appointed to Cabinet in June 2009 as the Minister Without Portfolio.

Mr Roban retained his Pembroke East seat this week by 660 votes from the One Bermuda Alliance’s Scott Stewart.

Kathy Simmons, Attorney-General

The pivotal post of Attorney-General has been handed to Kathy Simmons.

Mrs Simmons, who will sit in the Senate as part of the Government’s team, is a qualified lawyer and a member of the Commonwealth Association of Legislative Counsel.

The mother of three is the chairwoman of the Co-parenting Mediation Council and is undergoing domestic abuse and sexual assault training at the Centre Against Abuse.

She ran for the PLP in Warwick North East, but lost to Jeff Baron by 65 votes — reducing the margin of defeat by 76 votes.

In her capacity as advisor to the Legislature, Mrs Simmons drafted the Code of Conduct for Members of Parliament, which is designed to govern the conduct of MPs in public office.

Walton Brown, Home Affairs

Walton Brown assumes his first ministerial post in the Progressive Labour Party as Minister of Home Affairs.

Mr Brown, a respected political lecturer and author, has previously served in the Senate for the PLP and took his place in the House of Assembly for the first time in 2012 when he won the Pembroke Central seat.

The former Berkeley Institute and Bermuda College student has championed the need for comprehensive and collaborative immigration reform.

He taught politics and history for 12 years at Bermuda College and later entered the private sector as founder and president of Research Innovations.

Mr Brown is the author of Bermuda and the Struggle for Reform: Race, Politics and Ideology, 1944-1998 which won the National Literary Award for Nonfiction in 2013.

Kim Wilson Health

Lawyer Kim Wilson has been appointed Minister of Health.

Ms Wilson has previously served in the Senate and was appointed the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice under the Progressive Labour Party in December 2007.

In 2010 she took on the role of minister of the newly created Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, before reassuming the position of Attorney-General a year later.

The mother of two, who retained her Sandys South Central seat this week, has an extensive legal background that includes both criminal and civil litigation, estates planning, wills and probate.

She has served on a number of boards and committees including the Human Rights Commission, e-commerce Advisory Board, Criminal Injuries Compensation Board and the Board of Governors for CedarBridge Academy.

David Burch, Public Works

David Burch returns to the Cabinet six years after he last held a ministerial post to take on the role of Minister of Public Works.

Mr Burch is a former Government Leader in the Senate, but he has also served as a Progressive Labour Party minister in numerous portfolios including housing, works and engineering, public safety, labour, home affairs and national security.

He served as the Commanding Officer of the Bermuda Regiment from 1994 to 1997, retiring after almost 20 years of active military service.

Mr Burch has also worked with the West End Development Corporation, the Bermuda Land Development Corporation and the Bermuda Housing Corporation in his long political career.

Wayne Caines, National Security

Former prosecutor and Digicel CEO Wayne Caines will take on the Ministry of National Security.

Mr Caines, who beat incumbent Glen Smith and former Progressive Labour Party leader Paula Cox to win Devonshire North West, is the CEO of SENIAC Consulting, a telecommunications and organisational consulting firm.

The former captain in the Bermuda Regiment spent seven years as Crown counsel at the Department of Public Prosecutions and also served as the senior counsel at the Drug Court.

Mr Caines was also chief of staff in the Office of the Premier and as a PLP senator with responsibilities as the Junior Minister of Tourism, Transport, Environment and Sport.

The father of one is a highly regarded public speaker as well as a member of several organisations including the Bermuda Business Development Board. He is also a former member of the Young Presidents Organisation.

Zane DeSilva, Sport

Zane DeSilva will take on the role of Minister of Sports and Social Development.

Mr DeSilva was elected to the House of Assembly after the 2007 General Election when he won the Southampton East Central constituency.

He went on to be appointed as Minister without Portfolio in 2009 and was named as the Minister of Health a year later.

Mr DeSilva is president and CEO of Island Construction Services Ltd and is a life member of Watford Sports Club, Somerset Bridge Recreation Club, St David’s Cricket Club, East End Mini-Yacht Club and the Bermuda Athletic Association.

The father of two represented Bermuda in cross-country running, snooker and at the Golf World Championship in Venezuela in 1994.

Diallo Rabain, Education

With education being hailed as a priority for the Progressive Labour Party, Diallo Rabain has been appointed as Minister of Education.

Mr Rabain was elected to the House of Assembly in February 2016 after winning the Devonshire North Central by-election that was called when Glenn Blakeney stood down from politics.

This week, he retained the same seat for the PLP by 279 votes over the One Bermuda Alliance’s Fabian Minors.

The father-of-one has also previously been the PLP Leader in the Senate.

He has served on numerous government and private boards including the Board of Education and the Bermuda Government Scholarship Committee and is the PTA president of Elliot Primary School.

Jamahl Simmons, Tourism

Jamahl Simmons will take on responsibility for the Ministry of Tourism.

Mr Simmons was elected to Parliament in November 2014 when he defeated the One Bermuda Alliance’s Georgia Marshall in Sandys South, succeeding former Progressive Labour Party MP Terry Lister.

He retained his seat in this week’s General Election in the same constituency over the same rival by 314 votes.

Under the former PLP premier Ewart Brown, Mr Simmons served as Chief of Staff and Press Secretary. In December 2015, Mr Simmons was appointed to the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Minister for Tourism and Economic Development, and has remained as the party’s tourism spokesman.

Lovitta Foggo, Government Reform

St David’s MP Lovitta Foggo has been appointed to the newly created Ministry of Government Reform.

Ms Foggo was elected to the House of Assembly in 2007 and has served as the party’s whip.

The mother-of-two, who has lived in her constituency for 30 years, has taught at St George’s Secondary, Whitney Institute, CedarBridge Academy, the Community School and the Prison Farm. She has also served as the deputy chairwoman of both CedarBridge Academy and the Education Appeals Board. In Parliament, she has served on several committees including the Public Accounts Committee, the Private Bills Committee and the committee responsible for overseeing the Standing Orders for parliamentarians.