Second Evans Government

Chris Evans formed the Second Evans Government, the first Liberal-only government since 2001, following the 2017 federal election after being invited by President Blah Blah to form a government. Prior to the election, Evans had led his first government, the Evans–Rosen Coalition, a coalition government that consisted of members of the Liberal Party and the Centre Party, with Centre Party leader Gregg Rosen as Vice Chancellor.

History
Evans announced his choice for Treasury Secretary, Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary, Justice Secretary and Defence Secretary on the afternoon of 15 June 2017, with Fflur Bayliss and Paul Jeffrey retaining their posts of Treasury Secretary and Foreign Secretary respectively. Paul Lorber was promoted to Home Secretary, Anna Powell was promoted to Justice Secretary and Keith McCelland was promoted to Defence Secretary. Bayliss was also given the honorific title of First Secretary of State, which had been held by outgoing Liberal Party deputy leader, Anne Haigh, in the preceding government.

Evans' choices for other ministers were announced through the week. Simon Lepori, previously the Defence Secretary left the Cabinet and was subsequently appointed to the Federal Senate, being replaced by McCelland.

Due to the government being in minority status, several federal departments of state were merged, with one secretary of state heading each new department. In addition to this, Evans established two new federal departments of state: the Federal Department of State for Veterans Affairs and the Federal Department of State for Women and Equalities.