Gillian Keegan

Gillian Keegan
Official portrait, 2022
Secretary of State for Education
In office
25 October 2022 – 5 July 2024
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byKit Malthouse
Succeeded byBridget Phillipson
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Africa
In office
8 September 2022 – 25 October 2022
Prime MinisterLiz Truss
Preceded byVicky Ford
Succeeded byAndrew Mitchell[a]
Minister of State for Care and Mental Health
In office
16 September 2021 – 7 September 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byHelen Whately[b]
Nadine Dorries[c]
Succeeded byRobert Jenrick[d]
Caroline Johnson[e]
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills
In office
14 February 2020 – 16 September 2021
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byAnne Milton
Succeeded byAlex Burghart
Member of Parliament
for Chichester
In office
8 June 2017 – 30 May 2024
Preceded byAndrew Tyrie
Succeeded byJess Brown-Fuller
Member of Chichester District Council
for Rogate
In office
23 October 2014 – 12 April 2018
Preceded byJohn Kingston
Succeeded byKate O'Kelly
Personal details
Born (1968-03-13) 13 March 1968 (age 56)[1][2]
Leigh, Lancashire, England
Political partyConservative
SpouseMichael Keegan
RelativesDenis Keegan (father-in-law)
Residence(s)Petworth, West Sussex, England
Alma materLiverpool John Moores University
London Business School
Websitegilliankeegan.com

Gillian Keegan (née Gibson; born 13 March 1968)[3] is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Education from 2022 to 2024. She previously served as Minister of State for Care and Mental Health from 2021 to 2022, and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Africa from September to October 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, Keegan served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chichester from 2017 to 2024.

She was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills in the February 2020 reshuffle by Boris Johnson. In the 2021 cabinet reshuffle, Johnson promoted her to Minister of State for Care and Mental Health. She was demoted to Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Africa when Liz Truss was appointed Prime Minister in September 2022. In October 2022, she was appointed Secretary of State for Education by new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, a position she held until the 2024 general election, in which she was unseated by Jess Brown-Fuller.


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  1. ^ "Gillian Keegan: 'Militant trade unionists turned me Tory after I saw how it cost us jobs'". The Sunday Telegraph. 7 May 2017. Archived from the original on 14 November 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  2. ^ Dale, Iain; Smith, Jacqui (14 November 2019). The Honourable Ladies: Volume II: Profiles of Women MPs 1997–2019. Biteback Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78590-447-9. Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2020 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ No surname, Andrew (5 September 2023). "Gillian Keegan Biography: the Apprentice Who Became Education Secretary". rallshe. Retrieved 5 September 2023.

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