Minister of State for Prisons, Parole and Probation
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 November 2023
Prime Minister
Rishi Sunak
Preceded by
Damian Hinds
Minister of State for Victims and Sentencing
In office 27 October 2022 – 13 November 2023
Prime Minister
Rishi Sunak
Preceded by
Rachel Maclean
Succeeded by
Laura Farris (Victims) Gareth Bacon (Sentencing)
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
In office 14 October 2022 – 25 October 2022
Prime Minister
Liz Truss
Preceded by
Chris Philp
Succeeded by
John Glen
Minister for the Cabinet Office Paymaster General
In office 6 September 2022 – 14 October 2022
Prime Minister
Liz Truss
Preceded by
Michael Ellis
Succeeded by
Chris Philp
Minister of State for Health
In office 10 September 2019 – 6 July 2022
Prime Minister
Boris Johnson
Preceded by
Chris Skidmore
Succeeded by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice
In office 14 June 2018 – 10 September 2019
Prime Minister
Theresa May
Boris Johnson
Preceded by
Phillip Lee
Succeeded by
Chris Philp
Member of Parliament for Charnwood
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2015
Preceded by
Stephen Dorrell
Majority
22,397 (40.5%)
Personal details
Born
(1977-12-09) 9 December 1977 (age 46) Ashford, Kent, England
Political party
Conservative
Alma mater
Oriel College, Oxford
Website
www.edwardargar.org.uk
Edward John Comport Argar (born 9 December 1977) is a British politician serving as Minister of State for Prisons, Parole and Probation since November 2023.[1][2] He briefly served as Chief Secretary to the Treasury in October 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, he previously served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice from 2018 to 2019, Minister of State for Health from 2019 to 2022, and as Paymaster General from September to October 2022. Argar has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Charnwood since the 2015 general election.
^"Ministerial Appointments commencing: 25 October 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
^"Minister of State". GOV.UK. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
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