Justine Greening

The Right Honourable

Justine Greening
Secretary of State for Education
Assumed office
14 July 2016
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byNicky Morgan
Minister for Women and Equalities
Assumed office
14 July 2016
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byNicky Morgan
Secretary of State for International Development
In office
4 September 2012 – 14 July 2016
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byAndrew Mitchell
Succeeded byPriti Patel
Secretary of State for Transport
In office
14 October 2011 – 4 September 2012
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byPhilip Hammond
Succeeded byPatrick McLoughlin
Economic Secretary to the Treasury
In office
13 May 2010 – 14 October 2011
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byIan Pearson
Succeeded byChloe Smith
Shadow Minister for London
In office
19 January 2009 – 13 May 2010
LeaderDavid Cameron
Preceded byBob Neill
Succeeded byTessa Jowell
Member of Parliament
for Putney
In office
5 May 2005 – 8 Jan 2018
Preceded byTony Colman
Succeeded byFleur Anderson
Majority10,053 (24.6%)
Personal details
Born (1969-04-30) 30 April 1969
Rotherham, England, UK
Political partyConservative
Alma materUniversity of Southampton
University of London
WebsiteOfficial website

Justine Greening is a British politician. She is a member of the Conservative Party.[1]

Greening was Secretary of State for Education from July 2016 to January 2018, and an MP from 2005 to 2018.

Justine Greening resigned from her position as Education Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities in the January 2018 Cabinet reshuffle. On 3 September 2019, she announced that she would not seek re-election as an MP in the next general election.[2]Later that day, she was one of 21 Conservative MPs who had the party whip withdrawn after voting against Boris Johnson's government on Brexit. She served as an independent MP until Parliament was dissolved for the December 2019 general election.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Rosamund Urwin (22 July 2014). "Minister for girls: Justine Greening on the fight to end FGM". London Evening Standard Ltd. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  2. ↑ Proctor, Kate (2019-09-03). "Justine Greening to quit as Tory MP at next election". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-09-23.
  3. ↑ "Who are the Conservative rebels that lost the party whip?". Metro. 2019-09-04. Retrieved 2025-09-23.

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