Alok Sharma

Sir Alok Kumar Sharma KCMG (born 7 September 1967[2]) is a British Conservative Party politician who 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 has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Reading West since 2010.

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The Right Honourable Sir Alok Sharma KCMG MP
Official portrait, 2021
President for COP26[lower-alpha 1]
In office 8 January 2021 – 20 November 2022
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak
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 Parliament for Reading West
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 2010
Preceded by	Martin Salter
Majority	4,117 (8.2%)
Personal details
Born	(1967-09-07) 7 September 1967 (age 56) Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party	Conservative
Children	2
Education	University of Salford

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. In 2019, he was appointed to Boris Johnson's cabinet as Secretary of State for International Development. In the 2020 cabinet reshuffle he was promoted to being Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, an office in which he served until 2021. Sharma was President of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) and negotiated the Glasgow Climate Pact.[3][4]