Minister of Reconstruction
The Minister of Reconstruction was a British government post that briefly existed during the latter stages of the Second World War, charged with planning for the post-war period. A succession of government committees had failed to make much progress with the problems arising out of reconstruction and so in 1943 Winston Churchill took the bold step of appointing a single minister as a member of the War Cabinet.
Minister of Reconstruction (1917–19??)[]
Name | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | ||
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Christopher Addison, Viscount Addison |
17 July 1917 | 10 January 1919 | Liberal | David Lloyd George | |
Auckland Geddes, Baron Geddes |
10 January 1919 | ?? August 1919 | Conservative | David Lloyd George |
Minister of Reconstruction (1943–1945)[]
Colour key (for political parties):
Conservative
Independent
Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | |||
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Frederick Marquis, The Lord Woolton |
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11 November 1943 | 23 May 1945 | Independent | Winston Churchill |
See also[]
Categories:
- Lists of government ministers of the United Kingdom
- 1940s in the United Kingdom
- 1943 establishments in the United Kingdom
- 1945 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
- Defunct ministerial offices in the United Kingdom
- United Kingdom home front during World War II