Prime Minister David Cameron has appointed Amber Rudd as the new secretary of state for energy and climate change.
The 51-year-old Edinburgh University graduate replaces Liberal Democrat Ed Davey, who lost his London seat at last week’s election.
Ms Rudd will provide political oversight for the North Sea oil and gas industry at a sensitive time as the sector recovers from the global price slump and the new Oil and Gas Authority gets up and running.
Considered a rising star in the Conservative Party, the MP for Hastings and Rye served as parliamentary private secretary to Chancellor George Osborne from September 2012 to October 2013.
She was also a minister in the Department for Energy and Climate Change from July 2014 until her promotion today.
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