Minister of State for Local Government, Faith and Communities
In office 16 September 2021 – 6 July 2022
Prime Minister
Boris Johnson
Preceded by
Luke Hall
Succeeded by
Paul Scully
Minister of State for Equalities[c]
In office 14 February 2020 – 6 July 2022
Prime Minister
Boris Johnson
Preceded by
The Baroness Williams of Trafford
Succeeded by
Amanda Solloway
Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury
In office 13 February 2020 – 16 September 2021
Prime Minister
Boris Johnson
Preceded by
Simon Clarke
Succeeded by
Helen Whately
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families
In office 27 July 2019 – 13 February 2020[d]
Prime Minister
Boris Johnson
Preceded by
Nadhim Zahawi
Succeeded by
Vicky Ford
Member of Parliament for Saffron Walden
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 June 2017
Preceded by
Alan Haselhurst
Majority
27,594 (43.7%)
Member of the London Assembly as the 4th Additional Member
In office 5 May 2016 – 8 June 2017
Preceded by
Gareth Bacon
Succeeded by
Susan Hall
Member of the London Assembly as the 9th Additional Member
In office 16 September 2015 – 5 May 2016
Preceded by
Victoria Borwick
Succeeded by
Shaun Bailey
Personal details
Born
Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke
(1980-01-02) 2 January 1980 (age 44) Wimbledon, London, England
Political party
Conservative
Spouse
Hamish Badenoch
(m. 2012)
Children
3
Alma mater
University of Sussex (MEng)
Birkbeck, University of London (LLB)
Occupation
Politician
software engineer
consultant
banker
Signature
Website
kemibadenoch.org.uk
Kemi Badenoch's voice
Badenoch speaks in a debate on socialism versus capitalism Recorded 28 May 2018
Olukemi Olufunto "Kemi" Badenoch (/ˈbeɪdnɒk/BAYD-nok;[1]néeAdegoke, 2 January 1980)[2] is a British politician serving as Secretary of State for Business and Trade since 2023 and President of the Board of Trade and Minister for Women and Equalities since 2022.[3][4] A member of the Conservative Party, she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Saffron Walden in Essex since 2017.
In 2012, Badenoch unsuccessfully contested a seat on the London Assembly, but was appointed an Assembly Member after Victoria Borwick resigned upon becoming an MP in 2015. A supporter of Brexit in the 2016 referendum, Badenoch was elected to the House of Commons in 2017. After Boris Johnson became Prime Minister in July 2019, Badenoch was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families. In the February 2020 reshuffle, she was appointed Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities. In September 2021, she was promoted to Minister of State for Equalities and appointed Minister of State for Local Government, Faith and Communities.
In July 2022, Badenoch resigned from Government and stood unsuccessfully to replace Johnson in the July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election.[5][6] Following Liz Truss becoming Prime Minister in September 2022, Badenoch was appointed as Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade and was sworn in to the Privy Council; she was reappointed to the Cabinet by Truss's successor, Rishi Sunak, the following month.
In a February 2023 Cabinet reshuffle, Badenoch assumed the position of Secretary of State for Business and Trade following the merging of the Department for International Trade with elements of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Badenoch retained the responsibilities of Equalities Minister.[4]
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^UK Parliament (29 May 2018). "Pupil Parliament: Kemi Badenoch MP reacts to New Hall School, Chelmsford". YouTube. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
^Brunskill, Ian (19 March 2020). The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019: the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election. HarperCollins Publishers Limited. p. 319. ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1. OCLC 1129682574. Archived from the original on 9 November 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
^"UK Prime Minister twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
^ ab"Sunak reshuffle: Shapps named energy secretary in department shake-up". BBC News. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
^McFadden, Brendan (8 July 2022). "Former equalities minister Kemi Badenoch announces Tory leadership bid". inews.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
^"Conservative leadership latest: Badenoch out as Sunak wins fourth Tory vote". BBC News. 19 July 2022. Archived from the original on 19 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
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