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  1. ↑ Sharma held full Cabinet-status as Minister of State for the Cabinet Office until 25 October 2022, when Rishi Sunak removed him from the Cabinet. [1]

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The Right Honourable Sir
Alok Sharma
KCMG MP
Alok Sharma Official Cabinet Portrait, September 2021 (cropped).jpg
Official portrait, 2021
President for COP26 [lower-alpha 1]
In office
8 January 2021 –20 November 2022
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament
for Reading West
2010–present		Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Asia and the Pacific
2016–2017		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of State for Housing and Planning
2017–2018		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of State for Employment
2018–2019		Succeeded by
Preceded by Secretary of State for International Development
2019–2020		Succeeded by
Preceded by Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
2020–2021		Succeeded by
Position established President for COP26
Minister of State at the Cabinet Office
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