Sir Robert Buckland | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2022 | |
Chair of the Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee | |
In office 28 November 2023 – 30 May 2024 | |
Preceded by | Simon Hoare |
Secretary of State for Wales | |
In office 7 July 2022 – 25 October 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson Liz Truss |
Preceded by | Simon Hart |
Succeeded by | David TC Davies |
Secretary of State for Justice Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain | |
In office 24 July 2019 – 15 September 2021 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
Preceded by | David Gauke |
Succeeded by | Dominic Raab |
Minister of State for Prisons and Probation | |
In office 9 May 2019 – 24 July 2019 | |
Prime Minister | Theresa May |
Preceded by | Rory Stewart |
Succeeded by | Lucy Frazer |
Solicitor General for England and Wales | |
In office 15 July 2014 – 9 May 2019 | |
Prime Minister | David Cameron Theresa May |
Preceded by | Oliver Heald |
Succeeded by | Lucy Frazer |
Member of Parliament for South Swindon | |
In office 6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024 | |
Preceded by | Anne Snelgrove |
Succeeded by | Heidi Alexander |
Personal details | |
Born | Robert James Buckland 22 September 1968 Llanelli, Wales |
Political party | Conservative |
Children | 2 |
Residence(s) | Wroughton, Wiltshire, England |
Education | St Michael's School, Llanelli |
Alma mater | Inns of Court School of Law Hatfield College, Durham (LLB) |
Profession | Barrister, recorder |
Website | robertbuckland |
Sir Robert James Buckland KBE KC (born 22 September 1968) is a British politician who served as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice from 2019 to 2021, and as Secretary of State for Wales from July to October 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, he was first elected as the member of Parliament (MP) for South Swindon in 2010, holding the seat until the 2024 general election.[1]
Buckland was Solicitor General for England and Wales from 2014 to 2019 and Minister of State for Prisons from May to July 2019. He was appointed Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor by Boris Johnson in July 2019, serving until the cabinet reshuffle in September 2021. In July 2022, following the mass resignation of ministers from the Johnson government, he was appointed Secretary of State for Wales by Johnson, and continued to serve in the position under Liz Truss; he resigned from the role when new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak took office in October 2022.