Speaking of Mr Gove's appointment, Green Party co-leader Caroline Lucas said he was "entirely unfit" to take on the position, adding: "It is hard to think of many politicians as ill-equipped for the role of Environment Secretary as Mr Gove".
The Prime Minister had already announced that her five most senior ministers - including Chancellor Philip Hammond and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson - were carrying on in their current positions.
In other early appointments, Greg Clark holds on to his job as secretary of state for business, energy and industrial strategy and David Gauke takes over as work and pensions minister.
British Prime Minister Theresa May has reshuffled most of her cabinet.
The decision to keep her in the Government will be seen as an indication of Mrs May's weakness following the loss of her Commons majority in the General Election.
Concessions on welfare might be one of the DUP's conditions for propping up the Conservatives in an arrangement known as "confidence and supply" where the 10 MPs from the Northern Irish party would support the Government on a case-by-case basis, without entering into a formal coalition.
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"It is not a matter that will be dictated between wings of the Conservative Party but it has to be, as the Prime Minister said, a national endeavour", he said.
Downing Street says it hopes to finalize the deal next week, after Parliament resumes sitting.
May said she had appointed "a Cabinet that will get on with the job of government, which is about delivering successful Brexit negotiations".
The remaining Cabinet posts are set for a reshuffle from her previous administration, with Sunday's key announcements. "And those negotiations start in a week's time".
Lidington's move sees him replace Liz Truss, who has faced criticism in the justice role and has been moved by May to Gauke's former post as treasury chief secretary. Liam Fox stays in his post as secretary of state for worldwide trade while Justine Greening has been re- confirmed as secretary of state for education and Liz Truss appointed chief secretary to the treasury with right to attend Cabinet. Andrea Leadsom, who was appointed environment secretary on 14 July 2016, has now been appointed as leader of the House of Commons.
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