Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
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United Kingdom Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government |
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Department for Communities and Local Government | |
Style | The Right Honourable |
Appointer | Elizabeth II |
Inaugural holder | Ruth Kelly |
Formation | 6 May 2006 |
Website | http://www.communities.gov.uk/ |
The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, is a Cabinet position heading the UK's Department for Communities and Local Government.[1]
This department was created in 2006 by then British Prime Minister Tony Blair to replace the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
The Secretary of State took over the responsibilities of the Minister of State for Communities and Local Government. This post, within the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, was created in 2005, on the transfer of several of the functions of the then Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott.
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List of Secretaries and Ministers
Minister of State for Communities and Local Government |
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Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | |||
David Miliband | 5 May 2005 | 5 May 2006 | Labour | Tony Blair | |||
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government |
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Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | |||
Ruth Kelly | 60px | 6 May 2006 | 27 June 2007 | Labour | Tony Blair | ||
Hazel Blears | 28 June 2007 | 5 June 2009 | Labour | Gordon Brown | |||
John Denham | 60px | 5 June 2009 | 11 May 2010 | Labour | |||
Eric Pickles | 12 May 2010 | 11 May 2015 | Conservative | David Cameron (Coalition) |
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Greg Clark | 60px | 11 May 2015 | Incumbent | Conservative | David Cameron (II) |