Robert Buckland

The Right Honourable Sir Robert Buckland KBE KC MP
Official portrait, 2022
Chair of the Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 November 2023
Preceded by	Simon Hoare
Secretary of State for Wales
In office 7 July 2022 – 25 October 2022
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson Liz Truss
Preceded by	Simon Hart
Succeeded by	David TC Davies
Secretary of State for Justice Lord Chancellor
In office 24 July 2019 – 15 September 2021
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	David Gauke
Succeeded by	Dominic Raab
Minister of State for Prisons and Probation
In office 9 May 2019 – 24 July 2019
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	Rory Stewart
Succeeded by	Lucy Frazer
Solicitor General for England and Wales
In office 15 July 2014 – 9 May 2019
Prime Minister	David Cameron Theresa May
Preceded by	Oliver Heald
Succeeded by	Lucy Frazer
Member of Parliament for South Swindon
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 2010
Preceded by	Anne Snelgrove
Majority	6,625 (13.1%)
Personal details
Born	Robert James Buckland (1968-09-22) 22 September 1968 (age 55) Llanelli, Wales
Political party	Conservative
Children	2
Education	St Michael's School, Llanelli
Alma mater	Inns of Court School of Law Durham University
Profession	Barrister, recorder
Website	robertbuckland.co.uk

Sir Robert James Buckland KBE KC (born 22 September 1968) is a British politician who served as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice from 2019 to 2021. He later served as Secretary of State for Wales from July to October 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for South Swindon since 2010.

Buckland was Solicitor General for England and Wales from 2014 to 2019 and Minister of State for Prisons from May to July 2019. He was appointed Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor by Boris Johnson in July 2019, serving until the cabinet reshuffle in September 2021. In July 2022, following the mass resignation of ministers from the government, he was appointed Secretary of State for Wales by Johnson, and continued to serve in the position under Liz Truss; he resigned from the role when new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak took office in October 2022.