The president of the Board of Trade is head of the Board of Trade . A committee of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom , it was first established as a temporary committee of inquiry in the 17th century that evolved gradually into a government department with diverse functions. The current holder of the post is Jonathan Reynolds , who is concurrently the secretary of state for business and trade .
13-458: (Redirected from May Ministry ) May ministry may refer to: First May ministry , the British majority (later caretaker) government led by Theresa May from 2016 to 2017 Second May ministry , the British minority government led by Theresa May from 2017 to 2019 See also [ edit ] Premiership of Theresa May Topics referred to by
26-514: A Conservative majority government , succeeded the second Cameron ministry which had been formed following the 2015 general election . Cameron's government was dissolved as a result of his resignation in the immediate aftermath of the June 2016 referendum on British withdrawal from the European Union . After the 2017 snap general election resulted in a hung parliament , May formed
39-546: A new minority government with support from the Democratic Unionist Party . May announced her choices for Chancellor of the Exchequer , Home Secretary , Foreign Secretary and Defence Secretary in the evening of 13 July: Philip Hammond , Amber Rudd , and Boris Johnson were respectively appointed to the first three posts, while Michael Fallon continued as Defence Secretary. David Davis
52-554: A Council of Trade on 7 November 1660, followed by a Council of Foreign Plantations on 1 December that year. The two were united on 16 September 1672 as the Board of Trade and Plantations. After the Board was re-established in 1696, there were 15 (and later 16) members of the Board ;– the 7 (later 8) great officers of state , and eight unofficial members, who did the majority of the work. The senior unofficial board member
65-545: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages First May ministry Theresa May formed the first May ministry in the United Kingdom on 13 July 2016, after having been invited by Queen Elizabeth II to form a new government. Then the Home Secretary , May's appointment followed the resignation of then Prime Minister David Cameron . The ministry,
78-467: The 2016 Conservative leadership election , was made environment secretary . James Brokenshire and Karen Bradley , both formerly junior ministers at the Home Office, were given the posts of Northern Ireland and culture, media and sport respectively. Damian Green took the post of work and pensions secretary , and Chris Grayling was made transport secretary . Finally, Sajid Javid was given
91-438: The communities and local government brief , The Baroness Evans of Bowes Park became Lords Leader and David Lidington became Commons Leader . Jeremy Hunt , Alun Cairns , and David Mundell retained the posts of health secretary , Welsh secretary , and Scottish secretary , respectively, which they had held during the second Cameron ministry . In contrast, May sacked six ministers from Cameron's Cabinet: Chancellor of
104-581: The Exchequer George Osborne , Justice Secretary Michael Gove , Culture Secretary John Whittingdale , Education Secretary Nicky Morgan , Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Oliver Letwin and Leader of the House of Lords Baroness Stowell of Beeston . In addition, May appointed Fiona Hill and Nick Timothy as Downing Street Chiefs of Staff . Both had been political advisers to her at
117-499: The Home Office, then worked outside government for a brief period before coming back to work on her leadership campaign. President of the Board of Trade The idea of a Board of Trade was first translated into action by Oliver Cromwell in 1655 when he appointed his son Richard Cromwell to head a body of Lords of the Privy Council , judges and merchants to consider measures to promote trade. Charles II established
130-407: The remaining cabinet posts were announced on 14 July. Justine Greening , previously international development secretary , was promoted to education secretary , and the vacancy left by Greening was filled by Priti Patel . Liz Truss , formerly environment secretary, was given the justice portfolio . Andrea Leadsom , previously a junior energy minister, and also the final opponent of Theresa May in
143-420: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title May ministry . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=May_ministry&oldid=981374854 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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#1732783221568156-485: Was appointed to the new post of Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union , while Liam Fox became Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade . Greg Clark , who was made business secretary , was mistakenly appointed as President of the Board of Trade by the Privy Council , and held the appointment for four days before the mistake was corrected. May's choices for
169-462: Was the board president, commonly known as the first lord of trade. The board was abolished on 11 July 1782, but a Committee of the Privy Council was established on 5 March 1784 for the same purposes. On 23 August 1786, a new committee was set up, more strongly focused on commercial functions than the previous boards of trade. At first, the president of the Board of Trade only occasionally sat in
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