Jump to content

Gillian Keegan

From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gillian Keegan

Official portrait, 2022
Secretary of State for Education
In office
25 October 2022 – 5 July 2024
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byKit Malthouse
Succeeded byBridget Phillipson
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Africa
In office
8 September 2022 – 25 October 2022
Prime MinisterLiz Truss
Preceded byVicky Ford
Succeeded byAndrew Mitchell[a]
Minister of State for Care and Mental Health
In office
16 September 2021 – 7 September 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byHelen Whately[b]
Nadine Dorries[c]
Succeeded byRobert Jenrick[d]
Caroline Johnson[e]
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills
In office
14 February 2020 – 16 September 2021
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byAnne Milton
Succeeded byAlex Burghart
Member of Parliament
for Chichester
In office
8 June 2017 – 30 May 2024
Preceded byAndrew Tyrie
Succeeded byJess Brown-Fuller
Member of Chichester District Council
for Rogate
In office
23 October 2014 – 12 April 2018
Preceded byJohn Kingston
Succeeded byKate O'Kelly
Personal details
Born (1968-03-13) 13 March 1968 (age 56)[1][2]
Leigh, Lancashire, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)Michael Keegan
RelativesDenis Keegan (father-in-law)
ResidencePetworth, West Sussex, England
Alma materLiverpool John Moores University
London Business School
Websitegilliankeegan.com

Gillian Keegan (born 13 March 1968) is a British politician and businesswoman. She was appointed the Education Secretary on 25 October 2022 and was previously Minister of State for Care and Mental Health from 6 September 2021 until 7 September 2022. She is a member of the Conservative Party. She was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Chichester from 2017 to 2024.[3]

  1. As Minister of State for Development and Africa.
  2. As Minister of State for Social Care.
  3. As Minister of State for Patient Safety, Suicide Prevention and Mental Health.
  4. As Minister of State for Health.
  5. As Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Mental Health and Public Health.

References

[change | change source]
  1. "Gillian Keegan: 'Militant trade unionists turned me Tory after I saw how it cost us jobs'". The Sunday Telegraph. 7 May 2017. Archived from the original on 14 November 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  2. Dale, Iain; Smith, Jacqui (14 November 2019). The Honourable Ladies: Volume II: Profiles of Women MPs 1997–2019. Biteback Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78590-447-9. Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2020 – via Google Books.
  3. Joshua Powling (7 July 2022). "Chichester MP responds to Boris Johnson's resignation and will remain in government". Chichester Observer. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.

Other websites

[change | change source]