Former parliamentary speaker Josh Teague has been sworn in as South Australia's attorney-general, replacing Vickie Chapman who has stood aside while facing an ombudsman's inquiry.
Mr Teague took the oath at Government House on Tuesday and will also take over Ms Chapman's other portfolios of planning and local government.
Ms Chapman technically remains in the Liberal ministry but has no responsibilities, will not take part in cabinet meetings and will forgo the extra pay ministers usually receive.
Her replacement as deputy premier will be decided at a Liberal party room meeting on Thursday.
She stood aside on Monday amid ongoing conflict of interest claims and a no-confidence motion in parliament last week.
The motion came after a parliamentary committee found she had, on at least three occasions, misled the house over a Kangaroo Island development.
Despite repeatedly maintaining she had done nothing wrong, Ms Chapman said she would stand aside to allow SA Ombudsman Wayne Lines to conduct an "independent" investigation into her rejection in August of the application to build a $40 million port on the island's north coast.
It was recently revealed her family owned property near a timber plantation that would have been logged and trucked to the proposed port.
"I maintain that I have made the right decision in respect of the KI seaport proposal and that I had no conflict of interest, actual or perceived," she said in a statement.
Premier Steven Mr Marshall "very reluctantly" accepted Ms Chapman's decision to stand aside and said the choice of the new attorney-general was a reasonably easy one given Mr Teague's background as a lawyer.
The premier said while he did not want to pre-judge the ombudsman's report, Ms Chapman continued to have his full support and he looked forward to her returning to cabinet.
"I've looked at all of the evidence presented to the select committee but it doesn't move me one single solitary inch from the position that I've always had," he said.
"I strongly support Vickie Chapman."
