Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
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United Kingdom Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | |
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since 14 July 2016 | |
Department for Culture, Media and Sport | |
Style | The Right Honourable (Formal prefix) Culture Secretary |
Appointer | Elizabeth II |
Inaugural holder | David Mellor |
Formation | 11 April 1992 |
Website | www.culture.gov.uk/ |
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Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, or informally Culture Secretary, is a United Kingdom cabinet position with responsibility for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The role was created in 1992 by John Major as Secretary of State for National Heritage. The first to fill the role, David Mellor, dubbed it "Minister of Fun".[1] John Whittingdale held the position from 11 May 2015 until 14 July 2016 when he was sacked by Theresa May when she became Prime Minister of Great Britain.
Secretaries of State
Secretaries of State for National Heritage (1992–1997) | |||||||
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Name | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | ||||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | David Mellor | 11 April 1992 | 22 September 1992 | Conservative | rowspan=4 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | John Major | |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Peter Brooke | 25 September 1992 | 20 July 1994 | Conservative | |||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Stephen Dorrell | 20 July 1994 | 5 July 1995 | Conservative | |||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Virginia Bottomley | 5 July 1995 | 2 May 1997 | Conservative | |||
Secretaries of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1997–2010) | |||||||
Name | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | ||||
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Chris Smith | 3 May 1997 | 8 June 2001 | Labour | rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Tony Blair | |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Tessa Jowell | 8 June 2001 | 27 June 2007 | Labour | |||
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | James Purnell | 28 June 2007 | 24 January 2008 | Labour | rowspan=3 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Gordon Brown | |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Andy Burnham | 24 January 2008 | 5 June 2009 | Labour | |||
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Ben Bradshaw | 5 June 2009 | 11 May 2010 | Labour | |||
Secretaries of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (2010–2012) | |||||||
Name | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | ||||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Jeremy Hunt | 12 May 2010 | 4 September 2012 | Conservative | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | David Cameron (I) | |
Secretaries of State for Culture, Media and Sport (2012–present) | |||||||
Name | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | ||||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Maria Miller | 4 September 2012 | 9 April 2014 | Conservative | rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | David Cameron (I) | |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Sajid Javid | 9 April 2014 | 11 May 2015 | Conservative | |||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | John Whittingdale | 11 May 2015 | 14 July 2016 | Conservative | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | David Cameron (II) | |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Karen Bradley | 14 July 2016 | Present | Conservative | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Theresa May (II) |
See also
References
- ^ Townsend, Nick (17 January 1999). "Interview: David Mellor—A more mellow fellow? Mellor's not for turning". The Independent on Sunday. Retrieved 12 July 2009.