diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 028cf9e..c1c28db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: CI
 on:
   pull_request:
   push:
-    branches: [ main ]
+    branches: [main]
 
 jobs:
   scan_ruby:
@@ -74,4 +74,4 @@ jobs:
           RAILS_ENV: test
           DATABASE_URL: postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432
           # REDIS_URL: redis://localhost:6379/0
-        run: bin/rails db:test:prepare test
+        run: bin/rails db:test:prepare db:seed test
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 063233c..bf8aba6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,3 +30,5 @@
 
 # Ignore master key for decrypting credentials and more.
 /config/master.key
+
+/config/credentials/staging.key
diff --git a/app/controllers/ministers_controller.rb b/app/controllers/ministers_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f110349
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/ministers_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+class MinistersController < ApplicationController
+  before_action :set_minister, only: %i[ show ]
+
+  # GET /ministers
+  def index
+    @ministers = Minister.all
+
+    render json: @ministers
+  end
+
+  # GET /ministers/1
+  def show
+    render json: @minister
+  end
+
+  private
+    # Use callbacks to share common setup or constraints between actions.
+    def set_minister
+      @minister = Minister.find(params.expect(:id))
+    end
+end
diff --git a/app/models/department.rb b/app/models/department.rb
index dae4247..8f813d9 100644
--- a/app/models/department.rb
+++ b/app/models/department.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 class Department < ApplicationRecord
   belongs_to :government
+  has_many :ministers
 end
diff --git a/app/models/minister.rb b/app/models/minister.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f53004
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/minister.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+class Minister < ApplicationRecord
+  belongs_to :government
+  belongs_to :department
+end
diff --git a/config/credentials/staging.yml.enc b/config/credentials/staging.yml.enc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98e7bf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/credentials/staging.yml.enc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
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--y0ACm/PCUMgn5cOI--2FGz5wcBz06WmfgGoCHHqQ==
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/environments/production.rb b/config/environments/production.rb
index 3086ffe..9959bc7 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.rb
+++ b/config/environments/production.rb
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
   # config.action_mailer.raise_delivery_errors = false
 
   # Set host to be used by links generated in mailer templates.
-  config.action_mailer.default_url_options = { host: "example.com" }
+  config.action_mailer.default_url_options = { host: ENV["HOST"] }
 
   # Specify outgoing SMTP server. Remember to add smtp/* credentials via rails credentials:edit.
   # config.action_mailer.smtp_settings = {
diff --git a/config/environments/staging.rb b/config/environments/staging.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9959bc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/environments/staging.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+require "active_support/core_ext/integer/time"
+
+Rails.application.configure do
+  # Settings specified here will take precedence over those in config/application.rb.
+
+  # Code is not reloaded between requests.
+  config.enable_reloading = false
+
+  # Eager load code on boot for better performance and memory savings (ignored by Rake tasks).
+  config.eager_load = true
+
+  # Full error reports are disabled.
+  config.consider_all_requests_local = false
+
+  # Cache assets for far-future expiry since they are all digest stamped.
+  config.public_file_server.headers = { "cache-control" => "public, max-age=#{1.year.to_i}" }
+
+  # Enable serving of images, stylesheets, and JavaScripts from an asset server.
+  # config.asset_host = "http://assets.example.com"
+
+  # Store uploaded files on the local file system (see config/storage.yml for options).
+  config.active_storage.service = :local
+
+  # Assume all access to the app is happening through a SSL-terminating reverse proxy.
+  config.assume_ssl = true
+
+  # Force all access to the app over SSL, use Strict-Transport-Security, and use secure cookies.
+  config.force_ssl = true
+
+  # Skip http-to-https redirect for the default health check endpoint.
+  # config.ssl_options = { redirect: { exclude: ->(request) { request.path == "/up" } } }
+
+  # Log to STDOUT with the current request id as a default log tag.
+  config.log_tags = [ :request_id ]
+  config.logger   = ActiveSupport::TaggedLogging.logger(STDOUT)
+
+  # Change to "debug" to log everything (including potentially personally-identifiable information!)
+  config.log_level = ENV.fetch("RAILS_LOG_LEVEL", "info")
+
+  # Prevent health checks from clogging up the logs.
+  config.silence_healthcheck_path = "/up"
+
+  # Don't log any deprecations.
+  config.active_support.report_deprecations = false
+
+  # Replace the default in-process memory cache store with a durable alternative.
+  # config.cache_store = :mem_cache_store
+
+  # Replace the default in-process and non-durable queuing backend for Active Job.
+  # config.active_job.queue_adapter = :resque
+
+  # Ignore bad email addresses and do not raise email delivery errors.
+  # Set this to true and configure the email server for immediate delivery to raise delivery errors.
+  # config.action_mailer.raise_delivery_errors = false
+
+  # Set host to be used by links generated in mailer templates.
+  config.action_mailer.default_url_options = { host: ENV["HOST"] }
+
+  # Specify outgoing SMTP server. Remember to add smtp/* credentials via rails credentials:edit.
+  # config.action_mailer.smtp_settings = {
+  #   user_name: Rails.application.credentials.dig(:smtp, :user_name),
+  #   password: Rails.application.credentials.dig(:smtp, :password),
+  #   address: "smtp.example.com",
+  #   port: 587,
+  #   authentication: :plain
+  # }
+
+  # Enable locale fallbacks for I18n (makes lookups for any locale fall back to
+  # the I18n.default_locale when a translation cannot be found).
+  config.i18n.fallbacks = true
+
+  # Do not dump schema after migrations.
+  config.active_record.dump_schema_after_migration = false
+
+  # Only use :id for inspections in production.
+  config.active_record.attributes_for_inspect = [ :id ]
+
+  # Enable DNS rebinding protection and other `Host` header attacks.
+  # config.hosts = [
+  #   "example.com",     # Allow requests from example.com
+  #   /.*\.example\.com/ # Allow requests from subdomains like `www.example.com`
+  # ]
+  #
+  # Skip DNS rebinding protection for the default health check endpoint.
+  # config.host_authorization = { exclude: ->(request) { request.path == "/up" } }
+end
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 640a7fa..77b2c51 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 Rails.application.routes.draw do
+  resources :ministers, only: [ :index, :show ]
   resources :departments, only: [ :index, :show ]
   # Define your application routes per the DSL in https://guides.rubyonrails.org/routing.html
 
diff --git a/db/migrate/20250612225202_create_ministers.rb b/db/migrate/20250612225202_create_ministers.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2308d12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20250612225202_create_ministers.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+class CreateMinisters < ActiveRecord::Migration[8.0]
+  def change
+    create_table :ministers do |t|
+      t.references :government, null: false, foreign_key: true
+      t.references :department, null: false, foreign_key: true
+      t.integer :order_of_precedence, null: false
+      t.string :person_short_honorific, null: false
+      t.timestamp :started_at, null: false
+      t.timestamp :ended_at, null: true
+      t.string :first_name, null: false
+      t.string :last_name, null: false
+      t.string :title, null: false
+      t.string :avatar_url, null: true
+      t.string :role, null: false
+
+      t.timestamps
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 3284ad8..517e6fe 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema[8.0].define(version: 2025_06_12_223902) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema[8.0].define(version: 2025_06_12_225202) do
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "pg_catalog.plpgsql"
 
@@ -27,11 +27,31 @@
   end
 
   create_table "governments", force: :cascade do |t|
-    t.string "name"
-    t.string "slug"
+    t.string "name", null: false
+    t.string "slug", null: false
+    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
+    t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
+  end
+
+  create_table "ministers", force: :cascade do |t|
+    t.bigint "government_id", null: false
+    t.bigint "department_id", null: false
+    t.integer "order_of_precedence", null: false
+    t.string "person_short_honorific", null: false
+    t.datetime "started_at", precision: nil, null: false
+    t.datetime "ended_at", precision: nil
+    t.string "first_name", null: false
+    t.string "last_name", null: false
+    t.string "title", null: false
+    t.string "avatar_url"
+    t.string "role", null: false
     t.datetime "created_at", null: false
     t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
+    t.index ["department_id"], name: "index_ministers_on_department_id"
+    t.index ["government_id"], name: "index_ministers_on_government_id"
   end
 
   add_foreign_key "departments", "governments"
+  add_foreign_key "ministers", "departments"
+  add_foreign_key "ministers", "governments"
 end
diff --git a/db/seeds/canada.rb b/db/seeds/canada.rb
index df521d7..d8e374c 100644
--- a/db/seeds/canada.rb
+++ b/db/seeds/canada.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   g.slug = "federal"
 end
 
-government = Government.find_or_create_by!(name: "Government of Canada") { |g| g.slug = "federal" }
 
 departments_data = [
   { slug: "agriculture-and-agri-food-canada", priority: 2, display_name: "Agriculture", official_name: "Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada" },
@@ -47,3 +46,459 @@
     dept.priority = attrs[:priority]
   end
 end
+
+# Ministers data
+ministers_data = [
+  {
+    order_of_precedence: 1,
+    person_short_honorific: "Right Hon.",
+    first_name: "Mark",
+    last_name: "Carney",
+    title: "Prime Minister",
+    started_at: "2025-03-14T11:31:00",
+    ended_at: nil,
+    department_slug: "prime-minister-office",
+    avatar_url: "https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/45/CarneyMark_Lib.jpg",
+    role: "Prime Minister"
+  },
+  {
+    order_of_precedence: 2,
+    person_short_honorific: "Hon.",
+    first_name: "Shafqat",
+    last_name: "Ali",
+    title: "President of the Treasury Board",
+    started_at: "2025-05-13T10:45:00",
+    ended_at: nil,
+    department_slug: "treasury-board-of-canada-secretariat",
+    avatar_url: "https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/44/AliShafqat_Lib.jpg",
+    role: "Minister"
+  },
+  {
+    order_of_precedence: 3,
+    person_short_honorific: "Hon.",
+    first_name: "Rebecca",
+    last_name: "Alty",
+    title: "Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations",
+    started_at: "2025-05-13T10:45:00",
+    ended_at: nil,
+    department_slug: "crown-indigenous-relations-and-northern-affairs-canada",
+    avatar_url: "https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/45/AltyRebecca_Lib.jpg"
+  },
+  {
+    order_of_precedence: 4,
+    person_short_honorific: "Hon.",
+    first_name: "Anita",
+    last_name: "Anand",
+    title: "Minister of Foreign Affairs",
+    started_at: "2025-05-13T10:45:00",
+    ended_at: nil,
+    department_slug: "global-affairs-canada",
+    avatar_url: "https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/45/AnandAnita_Lib.jpg"
+  },
+  {
+    order_of_precedence: 5,
+    person_short_honorific: "Hon.",
+    first_name: "Gary",
+    last_name: "Anandasangaree",
+    title: "Minister of Public Safety",
+    started_at: "2025-05-13T10:45:00",
+    ended_at: nil,
+    department_slug: "public-safety-canada",
+    avatar_url: "https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/45/AnandasangareeGary_Lib.jpg"
+  },
+  {
+    order_of_precedence: 6,
+    person_short_honorific: "Hon.",
+    first_name: "François-Philippe",
+    last_name: "Champagne",
+    title: "Minister of Finance and National Revenue",
+    started_at: "2025-05-13T10:45:00",
+    ended_at: nil,
+    department_slug: "finance-canada",
+    avatar_url: "https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/45/ChampagneFrancoisPhilippe_Lib.jpg"
+  },
+  {
+    order_of_precedence: 6,
+    person_short_honorific: "Hon.",
+    first_name: "François-Philippe",
+    last_name: "Champagne",
+    title: "Minister of Finance and National Revenue",
+    started_at: "2025-05-13T10:45:00",
+    ended_at: nil,
+    department_slug: "canada-revenue-agency",
+    avatar_url: "https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/45/ChampagneFrancoisPhilippe_Lib.jpg"
+  },
+  {
+    order_of_precedence: 7,
+    person_short_honorific: "Hon.",
+    first_name: "Rebecca",
+    last_name: "Chartrand",
+    title: "Minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs",
+    started_at: "2025-05-13T10:45:00",
+    ended_at: nil,
+    department_slug: "crown-indigenous-relations-and-northern-affairs-canada",
+    avatar_url: "https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/45/ChartrandRebecca_Lib.jpg"
+  },
+  {
+    order_of_precedence: 8,
+    person_short_honorific: "Hon.",
+    first_name: "Julie",
+    last_name: "Dabrusin",
+    title: "Minister of Environment and Climate Change",
+    started_at: "2025-05-13T10:45:00",
+    ended_at: nil,
+    department_slug: "environment-and-climate-change-canada",
+    avatar_url: "https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/44/DabrusinJulie_Lib.jpg"
+  },
+  {
+    order_of_precedence: 9,
+    person_short_honorific: "Hon.",
+    first_name: "Sean",
+    last_name: "Fraser",
+    title: "Minister of Justice",
+    started_at: "2025-05-13T10:45:00",
+    ended_at: nil,
+    department_slug: "justice-canada",
+    avatar_url: "https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/44/FraserSean_Lib.jpg"
+  },
+  {
+    order_of_precedence: 10,
+    person_short_honorific: "Hon.",
+    first_name: "Chrystia",
+    last_name: "Freeland",
+    title: "Minister of Transport and Internal Trade",
+    started_at: "2025-05-13T10:45:00",
+    ended_at: nil,
+    department_slug: "transport-canada",
+    avatar_url: "https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/44/FreelandChrystia_Lib.jpg"
+  },
+  {
+    order_of_precedence: 11,
+    person_short_honorific: "Hon.",
+    first_name: "Steven",
+    last_name: "Guilbeault",
+    title: "Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture",
+    started_at: "2025-05-13T10:45:00",
+    ended_at: nil,
+    department_slug: "canadian-heritage",
+    avatar_url: "https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/44/GuilbeaultSteven_Lib.jpg"
+  },
+  {
+    order_of_precedence: 12,
+    person_short_honorific: "Hon.",
+    first_name: "Mandy",
+    last_name: "Gull-Masty",
+    title: "Minister of Indigenous Services",
+    started_at: "2025-05-13T10:45:00",
+    ended_at: nil,
+    department_slug: "indigenous-services-canada",
+    avatar_url: "https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/45/Gull-MastyMandy_Lib.jpg"
+  },
+  {
+    order_of_precedence: 13,
+    person_short_honorific: "Hon.",
+    first_name: "Patty",
+    last_name: "Hajdu",
+    title: "Minister of Jobs and Families",
+    started_at: "2025-05-13T10:45:00",
+    ended_at: nil,
+    department_slug: "employment-and-social-development-canada",
+    avatar_url: "https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/44/HajduPatty_Lib.jpg"
+  },
+  {
+    order_of_precedence: 14,
+    person_short_honorific: "Hon.",
+    first_name: "Tim",
+    last_name: "Hodgson",
+    title: "Minister of Energy and Natural Resources",
+    started_at: "2025-05-13T10:45:00",
+    ended_at: nil,
+    department_slug: "natural-resources-canada",
+    avatar_url: "https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/45/HodgsonTimothyEdward_Lib.jpg"
+  },
+  {
+    order_of_precedence: 16,
+    person_short_honorific: "Hon.",
+    first_name: "Dominic",
+    last_name: "LeBlanc",
+    title: "President of the King's Privy Council for Canada",
+    started_at: "2025-05-13T10:45:00",
+    ended_at: nil,
+    department_slug: "privy-council-office",
+    avatar_url: "https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/44/LeBlancDominic_Lib.jpg"
+  },
+  {
+    order_of_precedence: 17,
+    person_short_honorific: "Hon.",
+    first_name: "Joël",
+    last_name: "Lightbound",
+    title: "Minister of Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement",
+    started_at: "2025-05-13T10:45:00",
+    ended_at: nil,
+    department_slug: "public-services-and-procurement-canada",
+    avatar_url: "https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/44/LightboundJo%C3%ABl_Lib.jpg"
+  },
+  {
+    order_of_precedence: 18,
+    person_short_honorific: "Hon.",
+    first_name: "Heath",
+    last_name: "MacDonald",
+    title: "Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food",
+    started_at: "2025-05-13T10:45:00",
+    ended_at: nil,
+    department_slug: "agriculture-and-agri-food-canada",
+    avatar_url: "https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/44/MacDonaldHeath_CPC.jpg"
+  },
+  {
+    order_of_precedence: 19,
+    person_short_honorific: "Hon.",
+    first_name: "Steven",
+    last_name: "MacKinnon",
+    title: "Leader of the Government in the House of Commons",
+    started_at: "2025-05-13T10:45:00",
+    ended_at: nil,
+    department_slug: "privy-council-office",
+    avatar_url: "https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/44/MacKinnonSteven_Lib.jpg"
+  },
+  {
+    order_of_precedence: 20,
+    person_short_honorific: "Hon.",
+    first_name: "David",
+    last_name: "McGuinty",
+    title: "Minister of National Defence",
+    started_at: "2025-05-13T10:45:00",
+    ended_at: nil,
+    department_slug: "national-defence",
+    avatar_url: "https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/44/McGuintyDavidJ._Lib.jpg"
+  },
+  {
+    order_of_precedence: 21,
+    person_short_honorific: "Hon.",
+    first_name: "Jill",
+    last_name: "McKnight",
+    title: "Minister of Veterans Affairs",
+    started_at: "2025-05-13T10:45:00",
+    ended_at: nil,
+    department_slug: "veterans-affairs-canada",
+    avatar_url: "https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/45/McKnightJill_Lib.jpg"
+  },
+  {
+    order_of_precedence: 22,
+    person_short_honorific: "Hon.",
+    first_name: "Lena Metlege",
+    last_name: "Diab",
+    title: "Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship",
+    started_at: "2025-05-13T10:45:00",
+    ended_at: nil,
+    department_slug: "immigration-refugees-and-citizenship-canada",
+    avatar_url: "https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/45/MetlegeDiabLena_Lib.jpg"
+  },
+  {
+    order_of_precedence: 23,
+    person_short_honorific: "Hon.",
+    first_name: "Marjorie",
+    last_name: "Michel",
+    title: "Minister of Health",
+    started_at: "2025-05-13T10:45:00",
+    ended_at: nil,
+    department_slug: "health-canada",
+    avatar_url: "https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/45/MichelMarjorie_Lib.jpg"
+  },
+  {
+    order_of_precedence: 24,
+    person_short_honorific: "Hon.",
+    first_name: "Eleanor",
+    last_name: "Olszewski",
+    title: "Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience",
+    started_at: "2025-05-13T10:45:00",
+    ended_at: nil,
+    department_slug: "emergency-preparedness-canada",
+    avatar_url: "https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/45/OlszewskiEleanor_Lib.jpg"
+  },
+  {
+    order_of_precedence: 25,
+    person_short_honorific: "Hon.",
+    first_name: "Gregor",
+    last_name: "Robertson",
+    title: "Minister of Housing and Infrastructure",
+    started_at: "2025-05-13T10:45:00",
+    ended_at: nil,
+    department_slug: "infrastructure-canada",
+    avatar_url: "https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/45/RobertsonGregor_Lib.jpg"
+  },
+  {
+    order_of_precedence: 26,
+    person_short_honorific: "Hon.",
+    first_name: "Maninder",
+    last_name: "Sidhu",
+    title: "Minister of International Trade",
+    started_at: "2025-05-13T10:45:00",
+    ended_at: nil,
+    department_slug: "global-affairs-canada",
+    avatar_url: "https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/44/SidhuManinder_Lib.jpg"
+  },
+  {
+    order_of_precedence: 27,
+    person_short_honorific: "Hon.",
+    first_name: "Evan",
+    last_name: "Solomon",
+    title: "Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation",
+    started_at: "2025-05-13T10:45:00",
+    ended_at: nil,
+    department_slug: "artificial-intelligence-and-digital-innovation",
+    avatar_url: "https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/45/SolomonEvan_Lib.jpg"
+  },
+  {
+    order_of_precedence: 28,
+    person_short_honorific: "Hon.",
+    first_name: "Joanne",
+    last_name: "Thompson",
+    title: "Minister of Fisheries",
+    started_at: "2025-05-13T10:45:00",
+    ended_at: nil,
+    department_slug: "fisheries-and-oceans-canada",
+    avatar_url: "https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/44/ThompsonJoanne_Lib.jpg"
+  },
+  {
+    order_of_precedence: 29,
+    person_short_honorific: "Hon.",
+    first_name: "Rechie",
+    last_name: "Valdez",
+    title: "Minister of Women and Gender Equality",
+    started_at: "2025-05-13T10:45:00",
+    ended_at: nil,
+    department_slug: "women-and-gender-equality-canada",
+    avatar_url: "https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/45/ValdezRechie_Lib.jpg"
+  },
+  {
+    order_of_precedence: 30,
+    person_short_honorific: "Hon.",
+    first_name: "Buckley",
+    last_name: "Belanger",
+    title: "Secretary of State (Rural Development)",
+    started_at: "2025-05-13T10:45:00",
+    ended_at: nil,
+    department_slug: "rural-economic-development",
+    avatar_url: "https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/45/BelangerBuckley_Lib.jpg"
+  },
+  {
+    order_of_precedence: 31,
+    person_short_honorific: "Hon.",
+    first_name: "Stephen",
+    last_name: "Fuhr",
+    title: "Secretary of State (Defence Procurement)",
+    started_at: "2025-05-13T10:45:00",
+    ended_at: nil,
+    department_slug: "national-defence",
+    avatar_url: "https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/45/FuhrStephen_Lib.jpg"
+  },
+  {
+    order_of_precedence: 32,
+    person_short_honorific: "Hon.",
+    first_name: "Anna",
+    last_name: "Gainey",
+    title: "Secretary of State (Children and Youth)",
+    started_at: "2025-05-13T10:45:00",
+    ended_at: nil,
+    department_slug: "employment-and-social-development-canada",
+    avatar_url: "https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/44/GaineyAnna_Lib.jpg"
+  },
+  {
+    order_of_precedence: 33,
+    person_short_honorific: "Hon.",
+    first_name: "Wayne",
+    last_name: "Long",
+    title: "Secretary of State (Canada Revenue Agency and Financial Institutions)",
+    started_at: "2025-05-13T10:45:00",
+    ended_at: nil,
+    department_slug: "canada-revenue-agency",
+    avatar_url: "https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/44/LongWayne_Lib.jpg"
+  },
+  {
+    order_of_precedence: 34,
+    person_short_honorific: "Hon.",
+    first_name: "Stephanie",
+    last_name: "McLean",
+    title: "Secretary of State (Seniors)",
+    started_at: "2025-05-13T10:45:00",
+    ended_at: nil,
+    department_slug: "employment-and-social-development-canada",
+    avatar_url: "https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/45/McLeanStephanie_Lib.jpg"
+  },
+  {
+    order_of_precedence: 35,
+    person_short_honorific: "Hon.",
+    first_name: "Nathalie",
+    last_name: "Provost",
+    title: "Secretary of State (Nature)",
+    started_at: "2025-05-13T10:45:00",
+    ended_at: nil,
+    department_slug: "environment-and-climate-change-canada",
+    avatar_url: "https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/45/ProvostNathalie_Lib.jpg"
+  },
+  {
+    order_of_precedence: 36,
+    person_short_honorific: "Hon.",
+    first_name: "Ruby",
+    last_name: "Sahota",
+    title: "Secretary of State (Combatting Crime)",
+    started_at: "2025-05-13T10:45:00",
+    ended_at: nil,
+    department_slug: "public-safety-canada",
+    avatar_url: "https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/44/SahotaRuby_Lib.jpg"
+  },
+  {
+    order_of_precedence: 37,
+    person_short_honorific: "Hon.",
+    first_name: "Randeep",
+    last_name: "Sarai",
+    title: "Secretary of State (International Development)",
+    started_at: "2025-05-13T10:45:00",
+    ended_at: nil,
+    department_slug: "global-affairs-canada",
+    avatar_url: "https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/44/SaraiRandeep_Lib.jpg"
+  },
+  {
+    order_of_precedence: 38,
+    person_short_honorific: "Hon.",
+    first_name: "Adam",
+    last_name: "van Koeverden",
+    title: "Secretary of State (Sport)",
+    started_at: "2025-05-13T10:45:00",
+    ended_at: nil,
+    department_slug: "canadian-heritage",
+    avatar_url: "https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/44/vanKoeverdenAdam_Lib.jpg"
+  },
+  {
+    order_of_precedence: 39,
+    person_short_honorific: "Hon.",
+    first_name: "John",
+    last_name: "Zerucelli",
+    title: "Secretary of State (Labour)",
+    started_at: "2025-05-13T10:45:00",
+    ended_at: nil,
+    department_slug: "employment-and-social-development-canada",
+    avatar_url: "https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/45/ZerucelliJohn_Lib.jpg"
+  }
+]
+
+ministers_data.each do |attrs|
+  department = Department.find_by!(slug: attrs[:department_slug], government: government)
+  role = attrs[:role] || attrs[:title].include?("Secretary of State") ? "Secretary of State" : "Minister"
+
+  Minister.find_or_create_by!(
+    department: department,
+    government: government,
+    started_at: attrs[:started_at],
+    role: role
+  ) do |minister|
+    minister.person_short_honorific = attrs[:person_short_honorific]
+    minister.order_of_precedence = attrs[:order_of_precedence]
+    minister.first_name = attrs[:first_name]
+    minister.last_name = attrs[:last_name]
+    minister.title = attrs[:title]
+    minister.started_at = attrs[:started_at]
+    minister.ended_at = attrs[:ended_at]
+    minister.avatar_url = attrs[:avatar_url]
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/controllers/departments_controller_test.rb b/test/controllers/departments_controller_test.rb
index 84f3c8e..831a0cb 100644
--- a/test/controllers/departments_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/controllers/departments_controller_test.rb
@@ -14,5 +14,4 @@ class DepartmentsControllerTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
     get department_url(@department), as: :json
     assert_response :success
   end
-
 end
diff --git a/test/controllers/ministers_controller_test.rb b/test/controllers/ministers_controller_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f68af0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/controllers/ministers_controller_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+require "test_helper"
+
+class MinistersControllerTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
+  setup do
+    @minister = Minister.first
+  end
+
+  test "should get index" do
+    get ministers_url, as: :json
+    assert_response :success
+  end
+
+  test "should show minister" do
+    get minister_url(@minister), as: :json
+    assert_response :success
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/models/minister_test.rb b/test/models/minister_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7841f8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/models/minister_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+require "test_helper"
+
+class MinisterTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
+  test "that each department has a minister" do
+    # Ensure that each department has
+    assert_equal 0, Department.joins(:ministers).where(ministers: { id: nil }).count
+  end
+end