Ministerial role

Minister for the Civil Service

Responsibilities

皇冠体育app Minister for the Civil Service is responsible for regulating the .

皇冠体育app , allows the Minister for the Civil Service to delegate power to other ministers and devolved administrations.

This role was created in 1968 and is always held by the Prime Minister.

Current role holder

皇冠体育app Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer KCB KC MP

Sir Keir Starmer聽became Prime Minister on 5 July 2024. 聽

Education

Keir attended Reigate Grammar School, before studying Law聽at the University of Leeds. He went on to do postgraduate studies at the University of Oxford, receiving a Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) degree.

Political Career

Keir was elected a Member of Parliament for Holborn and St Pancras in May 2015. He was elected leader of the Labour Party in April 2020.

Career before politics

Keir qualified as a barrister in 1987 working in private practice before working as a legal advisor to the Northern Ireland Policing Board.

He was appointed Queen鈥檚 Counsel (QC) in 2002.

In 2008, Keir was appointed Director of Public Prosecutions, leading the Crown Prosecution Service until 2013.

He received a knighthood in 2014 for services to criminal justice.

Personal Life

Keir is married and has two children.

More about this person

Previous holders of this role

  1. 皇冠体育app Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP

    2022 to 2024

  2. 皇冠体育app Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss

    2022 to 2022

  3. 皇冠体育app Rt Hon Boris Johnson

    2019 to 2022

  4. 皇冠体育app Rt Hon 皇冠体育appresa May

    2016 to 2019

  5. 皇冠体育app Rt Hon Lord Cameron

    2010 to 2016