Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union

United Kingdom Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
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Incumbent David Davis since July 13, 2016
Style	The Right Honourable (Formal prefix)
Member of	British Cabinet
Reports to	The Prime Minister
Seat	Westminster, London
Appointer	The British Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	David Davis
Formation	13 July 2016

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The Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (informally "Brexit Secretary" or "Brexit Minister"),^[1] is the secretary of state responsible for the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union ("Brexit"), who will oversee negotiations following a nationwide referendum on 23 June 2016, in which the majority of British voters voted to leave the EU.^[2] The office-holder will be a member of the Cabinet.

The position was created at the outset of the premiership of Theresa May, who became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on 13 July 2016.^[3] May reportedly ordered civil servants to find a building to house a new Department for Exiting the European Union, to be headed by the Secretary of State.

The inaugural holder is David Davis MP,^[3] a longtime Eurosceptic who campaigned for the UK to leave the EU^[4] and a former chairman of the Conservative Party who served in the Shadow Cabinet of David Cameron as Shadow Home Secretary.^[5] Davis had previously served in the government of John Major as Minister of State for Europe.

Office-holders

Colour key (for political parties):
Conservative

Name		Portrait	Term of Office		Political party	Prime Minister
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	David Davis		13 July 2016	Incumbent	Conservative	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Theresa May

References

^ Stone, Jon (13 July 2016). "David Davis has just been named 'minister for Brexit' in Theresa May's new Cabinet". The Independent. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
^ David Davis appointed to lead Britain's Brexit negotiations, Reuters (13 July 2016).
^ ^a ^b "New ministerial appointment July 2016: Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union" (Press release). Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. 13 July 2016.
^ John Crace, David Davis spells out his EU strategy: be more like Canada, The Guardian (4 February 2016).
^ Theresa May's cabinet: Who's in and who's out?, BBC News (13 July 2016).

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