Back جيليان كيغان Arabic Gillian Keegan German Gillian Keegan French ג'יליאן קיגן HE Gillian Keegan Italian Gillian Keegan Latin Киган, Джиллиан Russian Gillian Keegan SIMPLE 吉莉安·基冈 Chinese
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Gillian Keegan | |
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 Official portrait, 2019 | |
| Secretary of State for Education | |
| Assumed office 25 October 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
| Preceded by | Kit Malthouse |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Africa | |
| In office 8 September 2022 – 25 October 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Liz Truss |
| Preceded by | Vicky Ford |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Mitchell[a] |
| Minister of State for Care and Mental Health | |
| In office 16 September 2021 – 7 September 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Helen Whately[b] Nadine Dorries[c] |
| Succeeded by | Robert Jenrick[d] Caroline Johnson[e] |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills | |
| In office 14 February 2020 – 16 September 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Anne Milton |
| Succeeded by | Alex Burghart |
| Member of Parliament for Chichester | |
| In office 8 June 2017 – 30 May 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Andrew Tyrie |
| Majority | 21,490 (35.1%) |
| Member of Chichester District Council for Rogate | |
| In office 23 October 2014 – 12 April 2018 | |
| Preceded by | John Kingston |
| Succeeded by | Kate O'Kelly |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 March 1968[1][2] Leigh, Lancashire, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Michael Keegan |
| Relatives | Denis Keegan (father-in-law) |
| Residence(s) | Petworth, West Sussex, England |
| Alma mater | Liverpool John Moores University London Business School |
| Website | gilliankeegan |
Gillian Keegan (née Gibson; born 13 March 1968)[3] is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Education since 2022. 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 has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Chichester since 2017.
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.
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- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ No surname, Andrew (5 September 2023). "Gillian Keegan Biography: the Apprentice Who Became Education Secretary". rallshe. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
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