Justine Greening
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The Right Honourable Justine Greening MP |
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Secretary of State for Education Minister for Women and Equalities |
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Assumed office 14 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Nicky Morgan |
| Secretary of State for International Development | |
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In office 4 September 2012 – 14 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Andrew Mitchell |
| Succeeded by | Priti Patel |
| Secretary of State for Transport | |
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In office 14 October 2011 – 4 September 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Philip Hammond |
| Succeeded by | Patrick McLoughlin |
| Economic Secretary to the Treasury | |
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In office 13 May 2010 – 14 October 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Ian Pearson |
| Succeeded by | Chloe Smith |
| Shadow Minister for London | |
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In office 19 January 2009 – 13 May 2010 |
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| Leader | David Cameron |
| Shadowing |
Tony McNulty Tessa Jowell |
| Preceded by | Bob Neill |
| Succeeded by | Tessa Jowell |
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Member of Parliament for Putney |
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Assumed office 5 May 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Tony Colman |
| Majority | 10,053 (24.6%) |
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| Born |
30 April 1969 Rotherham, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater |
University of Southampton University of London |
| Religion | Anglicanism |
| Website | Official website |
Justine Greening PC MP (born 30 April 1969) is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as Secretary of State for Education since 2016 and has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Putney since 2005. In 2013, she was listed as one of the 100 most powerful women in the United Kingdom by Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4.
Greening was first elected as a member of parliament (MP) at the 2005 general election. She was appointed Economic Secretary to the Treasury in May 2010 and then became Secretary of State for Transport in October 2011. In September 2012, she was replaced by Patrick McLoughlin at the Department for Transport, and became Secretary of State for International Development. On 14 July 2016, she replaced Nicky Morgan as Secretary of State for Education in Theresa May's first government.
Greening was born in Rotherham, where she attended Oakwood Comprehensive School. She is a graduate of the University of Southampton, where she studied Economics, and has an MBA from the London Business School. Before entering parliament, she trained and qualified as an accountant, before working as an accountant/finance manager for, amongst others, Price Waterhouse Coopers, GlaxoSmithKline and Centrica.
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