Grant Shapps was yesterday appointed energy and net-zero secretary in a shake-up of UK Government departments.
North-east MP Andrew Bowie will also serve as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the newly re-established Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
Meanwhile, Greg Hands has replaced Nadhim Zahawi after the former Tory party chairman was sacked over his tax affairs.
A promotion also comes for Lucy Frazer who will head a streamlined department of culture, media, and sport.
Opposition parties say reorganising government departments will cost taxpayers millions of pounds and suggest Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's reshuffle is a sign of weakness.
But the government says the changes will help departments focus on the PM's priorities.
The government said the new Department for Energy Security and Net Zero will be "tasked with securing our long-term energy supply, bringing down bills and halving inflation".
Energy bills
The soaring cost of energy bills - partly driven by the war in Ukraine - is one of the key factors hampering the UK economy, which Mr Sunak has pledged to grow.
Mr Sunak promised last summer, when he was campaigning to be Conservative leader, to re-establish a standalone department for energy.
On the creation of the new department, Mr Sunak said he wanted "the country to have greater energy security and independence because we can't be held to ransom by hostile foreign countries".
He described Mr Shapps, as "one of our most capable and experienced ministers".
Labour's shadow climate and net-zero secretary Ed Miliband told the BBC that "rearranging of deckchairs on the sinking Titanic of failed Conservative energy policy will not rescue the country".
Meanwhile, Mr Sunak's changes see business and trade merged in one department, headed by Kemi Badenoch, and the creation of a new department focused on science, innovation and technology, led by Michelle Donelan.
Remaining in charge
Ms Donelan will remain in charge of steering the controversial Online Safety Bill - which aims to prevent harmful material on the internet - through Parliament.
The government says its new Department for Science, Innovation and Technology will drive innovation and create new and better-paid jobs.
The Department for Business and Trade - incorporating the former Department for International Trade - will "support growth by backing British businesses at home and abroad, promoting investment and championing free trade".
Other announcements include Graham Stuart remaining as climate and energy minister, George Freeman appointed as a science, innovation and technology minister, and Rachel Maclean made a housing minister.