Minister of Reconstruction

The Minister of Reconstruction was a British government post that briefly existed during the latter stages of the Second World War, charged with planning for the post-war period. A succession of government committees had failed to make much progress with the problems arising out of reconstruction and so in 1943 Winston Churchill took the bold step of appointing a single minister as a member of the War Cabinet.

Minister of Reconstruction (1917–1919)

Name		Term of office		Political party	Government
	Christopher Addison MP for Hoxton before 1918 MP for Shoreditch after 1918	17 July 1917	10 January 1919	Liberal	Lloyd George
	Auckland Geddes MP for Basingstoke	10 January 1919	August 1919	Conservative

Minister of Reconstruction (1943–1945)

Colour key (for political parties):
  Conservative   Independent

Name		Portrait	Term of office		Political party	Government
	Frederick Marquis 1st Baron Woolton		11 November 1943	23 May 1945	Independent		Churchill War

See also

• Ministry of Reconstruction