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Chalk (left, in court dress) at the State Opening of Parliament, 2023 Lord Chancellor's Procession (State Opening 2023).jpg
Chalk (left, in court dress) at the State Opening of Parliament, 2023

On 21 April 2023, Chalk was named to succeed Dominic Raab as Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor. [75] [76] [77] King Charles III appointed him to those offices at a meeting of the Privy Council on 26 April 2023, at which he was also sworn of the council. [78]

On 24 August 2023, Chalk ordered an inquiry into the wrongful conviction of Andrew Malkinson, stating that he "suffered an atrocious miscarriage of justice and he deserves thorough and honest answers as to how and why it took so long to uncover". [79]

Personal life

Chalk is married, with three children, and lives in the Charlton Park ward in Charlton Kings, Cheltenham. [80]

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Alex Chalk
KC
Official portrait of Alex Chalk MP crop 2.jpg
Official portrait, 2019
Secretary of State for Justice
Lord Chancellor
In office
21 April 2023 5 July 2024
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament
for Cheltenham

20152024
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Secretary of State for Justice
2023–2024
Succeeded by
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
2023–2024