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 BucklandKBE 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.
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...
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need for a statutory inquiry was a view echoed by, among others, Sir RobertBuckland, former Secretary of State for Justice, Samantha Dixon, MP for the...
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resigned as Secretary of State for Wales on 6 July. He was replaced by RobertBuckland, a former Secretary of State for Justice. Brandon Lewis resigned as...
Armed Forces in May 2015, becoming the first woman to hold the post. Major Robert Campbell, who was investigated and exonerated over the death of an Iraqi...
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