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Deputy Cabinet Secretary – Ben Shelton\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Ben Shelton was appointed Acting Deputy Secretary of the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department in July 2024. He was named Deputy Cabinet Secretary in March 2025. Prior to being appointed Acting Deputy Secretary, he was the agency’s General Counsel.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Deputy Cabinet Secretary – Ben Shelton\u00a0 Ben Shelton was appointed Acting Deputy Secretary of the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department in July 2024. He was named Deputy Cabinet Secretary in March 2025. Prior to being appointed Acting Deputy Secretary, he was the agency’s General Counsel.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":342,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11885","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nDeputy Cabinet Secretary, Ben Shelton - Office of the Secretary<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dylan was named Deputy Cabinet Secretary in December 2023. 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