Thérèse Coffey
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| Born | Thérèse Anne Coffey 18 November 1971 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University College London | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Conservative Party | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The UK’s new cigar-smoking Health Secretary[1]
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Thérèse Coffey is a British Conservative Party politician who has been Member of Parliament for Suffolk Coastal since May 2010.
Political career
She was the campaign manager for Liz Truss in Summer 2022.
On 6 September 2022, she was appointed Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and was the first woman to be appointed Deputy Prime Minister.[2]
On 25 October 2022, Rishi Sunak appointed her Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
In a reshuffle on 13 November 2023, Thérèse Coffey was replaced as UK/Environment Secretary by Stephen Barclay.
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| Document:Up to King Charles whether he wishes to attend COP27 | Article | 28 October 2022 | Geneva Abdul | King Charles will not attend the COP27 summit, Downing Street has said, as it is not the “right occasion” for him to do so. The former Prime Minister Liz Truss had asked the king not to attend the summit, and her successor, Rishi Sunak, has left it in place, No 10 confirmed in the afternoon of 28 October 2022. Sunak had already decided not to attend COP27. |
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