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Alok Sharma

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Sir Alok Sharma

Official portrait, 2021
President for COP26[a]
In office
8 January 2021 – 20 November 2022
Prime Minister
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
In office
13 February 2020 – 8 January 2021
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byAndrea Leadsom
Succeeded byKwasi Kwarteng
Secretary of State for International Development
In office
24 July 2019 – 13 February 2020
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byRory Stewart
Succeeded byAnne-Marie Trevelyan
Minister of State for Employment
In office
9 January 2018 – 24 July 2019
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byDamian Hinds
Succeeded byMims Davies
Minister of State for Housing
In office
14 June 2017 – 9 January 2018
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byGavin Barwell
Succeeded byDominic Raab
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Asia and the Pacific
In office
17 July 2016 – 13 June 2017
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byJames Duddridge
Succeeded byMark Field
Member of Parliament
for Reading West
In office
6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024
Preceded byMartin Salter
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assuming office
TBD
Personal details
Born (1967-09-07) 7 September 1967 (age 57)
Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partyConservative
Children2
ResidenceCaversham, Berkshire, England
EducationUniversity 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.

  1. Sharma held full Cabinet-status as Minister of State for the Cabinet Office until 25 October 2022, when Rishi Sunak removed him from the Cabinet.[1]

References

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  1. Sandle, Paul (25 October 2022). "UK's Sharma loses cabinet position in PM Sunak's reshuffle". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.