Alok Sharma

The Right Honourable

Sir Alok Sharma

KCMG
The Right Honourable; Sir Alok Sharma; KCMG
	Official portrait, 2021
President for COP26
	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
	In office; 6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024
Preceded by	Martin Salter
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Member of the House of Lords; Lord Temporal
	Assuming office; TBD
Personal details
Born	7 September 1967; Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party	Conservative
Children	2
Residence	Caversham, Berkshire, England
Education	University 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.

Notes

↑ 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

↑ 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.

[2] 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]

[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.

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