Sir Alok Sharma | |
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President for COP26[a] | |
In office 8 January 2021 – 20 November 2022 | |
Prime Minister | |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Office abolished |
Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | |
In office 13 February 2020 – 8 January 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
Preceded by | Andrea Leadsom |
Succeeded by | Kwasi Kwarteng |
Secretary of State for International Development | |
In office 24 July 2019 – 13 February 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
Preceded by | Rory Stewart |
Succeeded by | Anne-Marie Trevelyan |
Minister of State for Employment | |
In office 9 January 2018 – 24 July 2019 | |
Prime Minister | Theresa May |
Preceded by | Damian Hinds |
Succeeded by | Mims Davies |
Minister of State for Housing | |
In office 14 June 2017 – 9 January 2018 | |
Prime Minister | Theresa May |
Preceded by | Gavin Barwell |
Succeeded by | Dominic Raab |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Asia and the Pacific | |
In office 17 July 2016 – 13 June 2017 | |
Prime Minister | Theresa May |
Preceded by | James Duddridge |
Succeeded by | Mark Field |
Member of Parliament for Reading West | |
In office 6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024 | |
Preceded by | Martin Salter |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assuming office TBD | |
Personal details | |
Born | Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India | 7 September 1967
Political party | Conservative |
Children | 2 |
Residence | Caversham, Berkshire, England |
Education | University of Salford |
Sir Alok Sharma (born 7 September 1967) is a British politician. He was the President of COP27 from 2021 to 2022. He was formerly the Minister of State at the Cabinet Office from 8 January 2021 to 25 October 2022 and President for COP26 from 8 January 2021 to 6 November 2022. Resigning from his previous role as Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to lead COP26, he retains a full Cabinet position. Sharma was a Conservative MP for Reading West from 2010 to 2024.
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