Alex Chalk

The Right Honourable Alex Chalk KC
Official portrait, 2019
Secretary of State for Justice Lord Chancellor
In office 21 April 2023 – 5 July 2024
Prime Minister	Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	Dominic Raab
Succeeded by	Shabana Mahmood
Minister of State for Defence Procurement
In office 26 October 2022 – 21 April 2023
Prime Minister	Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	Alec Shelbrooke
Succeeded by	James Cartlidge
Solicitor General for England and Wales
In office 16 September 2021 – 5 July 2022
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Michael Ellis
Succeeded by	Edward Timpson
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice
In office 14 February 2020 – 16 September 2021
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Wendy Morton
Succeeded by	James Cartlidge
Minister of State for Prisons and Probation
In office 2 March 2021 – 10 September 2021
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Lucy Frazer
Succeeded by	Lucy Frazer
Member of Parliament for Cheltenham
In office 7 May 2015 – 30 May 2024
Preceded by	Martin Horwood
Succeeded by	Max Wilkinson
Personal details
Born	Alexander John Gervase Chalk (1976-08-08) 8 August 1976 (age 47) Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Political party	Conservative
Children	3
Residence(s)	Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire, England
Alma mater	Magdalen College, Oxford City University London
Website	www.alexchalk.com

Alexander John Gervase Chalk KC (born 8 August 1976) is a British politician and barrister who served as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice from April 2023 to July 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cheltenham from 2015 to 2024. Chalk has previously served in other positions in the Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Defence, and as Solicitor General for England and Wales. Chalk lost his seat to the Liberal Democrats in the 2024 general election ^[1]