Gillian Keegan

The Right Honourable Gillian Keegan
Official portrait, 2022
Secretary of State for Education
In office 25 October 2022 – 5 July 2024
Prime Minister	Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	Kit Malthouse
Succeeded by	Bridget Phillipson
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Africa
In office 8 September 2022 – 25 October 2022
Prime Minister	Liz Truss
Preceded by	Vicky Ford
Succeeded by	Andrew Mitchell[a]
Minister of State for Care and Mental Health
In office 16 September 2021 – 7 September 2022
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Helen Whately[b] Nadine Dorries[c]
Succeeded by	Robert Jenrick[d] Caroline Johnson[e]
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills
In office 14 February 2020 – 16 September 2021
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Anne Milton
Succeeded by	Alex Burghart
Member of Parliament for Chichester
In office 8 June 2017 – 30 May 2024
Preceded by	Andrew Tyrie
Succeeded by	Jess Brown-Fuller
Member of Chichester District Council for Rogate
In office 23 October 2014 – 12 April 2018
Preceded by	John Kingston
Succeeded by	Kate O'Kelly
Personal details
Born	(1968-03-13) 13 March 1968 (age 56)[1][2] Leigh, Lancashire, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Michael Keegan
Relatives	Denis Keegan (father-in-law)
Residence	Petworth, West Sussex, England
Alma mater	Liverpool John Moores University London Business School
Website	gilliankeegan.com

Gillian Keegan (born 13 March 1968) is a British politician and businesswoman. She was appointed the Education Secretary on 25 October 2022 and was previously Minister of State for Care and Mental Health from 6 September 2021 until 7 September 2022. She is a member of the Conservative Party. She was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Chichester from 2017 to 2024.^[3]
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1. ↑ "Gillian Keegan: 'Militant trade unionists turned me Tory after I saw how it cost us jobs'". The Sunday Telegraph. 7 May 2017. Archived from the original on 14 November 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
2. ↑ Dale, Iain; Smith, Jacqui (14 November 2019). The Honourable Ladies: Volume II: Profiles of Women MPs 1997–2019. Biteback Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78590-447-9. Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2020 – via Google Books.
3. ↑ Joshua Powling (7 July 2022). "Chichester MP responds to Boris Johnson's resignation and will remain in government". Chichester Observer. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.