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The Right Honourable Sir
Alok Sharma
KCMG MP
Official portrait, 2021
President for COP26[a]
In office 8 January 2021 – 20 November 2022
Prime Minister
Boris Johnson
Liz Truss
Rishi Sunak
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
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 2010
Preceded by
Martin Salter
Majority
4,117 (8.2%)
Personal details
Born
(1967-09-07) 7 September 1967 (age 56) Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party
Conservative
Children
2
Residence(s)
Caversham, Berkshire, England
Education
University of Salford
Sir Alok Kumar SharmaKCMG (born 7 September 1967[2]) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as President for COP26 from 2021 to 2022, having previously served as Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy from 2020 to 2021 and Secretary of State for International Development from 2019 to 2020. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Reading West since 2010.
Sharma served in Theresa May's government as Minister of State for Housing from 2017 to 2018 and as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment from 2018 to 2019. In 2019, he was appointed to Boris Johnson's cabinet as Secretary of State for International Development. In the 2020 cabinet reshuffle he was promoted to Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, an office in which he served until 2021. Sharma was President of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) and negotiated the Glasgow Climate Pact.[3][4]
^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.
^"Alok Sharma MP". BBC Democracy Live. BBC. Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
^"New dates agreed for COP26 United Nations Climate Change Conference" (Press release). UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy; Alok Sharma. 28 May 2020. Archived from the original on 31 May 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
^Rincon, Paul (14 November 2021). "COP26: New global climate deal struck in Glasgow". BBC News. Archived from the original on 13 November 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
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