Alok Sharma
The Lord Sharma | |
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Official portrait, 2022 | |
| President for COP26 | |
| In office 13 February 2020 – 20 November 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | |
| In office 13 February 2020 – 8 January 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Andrea Leadsom |
| Succeeded by | Kwasi Kwarteng |
| Secretary of State for International Development | |
| In office 24 July 2019 – 13 February 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Rory Stewart |
| Succeeded by | Anne-Marie Trevelyan |
| Minister of State for Employment | |
| In office 9 January 2018 – 24 July 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Damian Hinds |
| Succeeded by | Mims Davies |
| Minister of State for Housing | |
| In office 14 June 2017 – 9 January 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Gavin Barwell |
| Succeeded by | Dominic Raab |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Asia and the Pacific | |
| In office 17 July 2016 – 13 June 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | James Duddridge |
| Succeeded by | Mark Field |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Life peerage 20 August 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Reading West | |
| In office 6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Martin Salter |
| Succeeded by | Olivia Bailey (Reading West and Mid Berkshire) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alok Kumar Sharma 7 September 1967 Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Party | Conservative |
| Spouse |
Ingela Sharma (m. 1998) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Presentation College Reading Blue Coat School |
| Alma mater | University of Salford (BSc) |
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Alok Kumar Sharma, Baron Sharma (born 7 September 1967), is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as President for COP26 from 2021 to 2022, having previously served as Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy from 2020 to 2021 and Secretary of State for International Development from 2019 to 2020. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Reading West from 2010 to 2024 and has been a member of the House of Lords since 2024.
Sharma served in Theresa May's government as Minister of State for Housing from 2017 to 2018 and as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment from 2018 to 2019. Sharma was the president for the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) and negotiated the Glasgow Climate Pact.