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Under the [[Bank of England Act 1998]] the Chancellor has the power of appointment of four out of nine members of the [[Bank of England' s Monetary Policy Committee]]. | Under the [[Bank of England Act 1998]] the Chancellor has the power of appointment of four out of nine members of the [[Bank of England' s Monetary Policy Committee]]. |
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Type | job |
Leader of | UK/Treasury |
Under the Bank of England Act 1998 the Chancellor has the power of appointment of four out of nine members of the Bank of England' s Monetary Policy Committee.
Office Holders on Wikispooks
Name | From | To | Description |
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Rachel Reeves | 5 July 2024 | ||
Jeremy Hunt | 14 October 2022 | 5 July 2024 | |
Kwasi Kwarteng | 6 September 2022 | 14 October 2022 | |
Nadhim Zahawi | 5 July 2022 | 6 September 2022 | |
Rishi Sunak | 13 February 2020 | 5 July 2022 | |
Sajid Javid | 24 July 2019 | 13 February 2020 | |
Philip Hammond | 13 July 2016 | 24 July 2019 | |
George Osborne | 11 May 2010 | 13 July 2016 | |
Alistair Darling | 28 June 2007 | 11 May 2010 | |
Gordon Brown | 2 May 1997 | 27 June 2007 | |
Kenneth Clarke | 27 May 1993 | 2 May 1997 | |
Norman Lamont | 28 November 1990 | 27 May 1993 | Lamont was involved in Black Wednesday, which transferred billions of pounds from UK taxpayers to financial traders (most notably George Soros). |
John Major | 26 October 1989 | 28 November 1990 | |
Nigel Lawson | 11 June 1983 | 26 October 1989 | |
Geoffrey Howe | 4 May 1979 | 11 June 1983 | |
Denis Healey | 5 March 1974 | 4 May 1979 | |
Anthony Barber | 25 July 1970 | 4 March 1974 | |
Iain Macleod | 20 June 1970 | 20 July 1970 | Died suddenly a month into the job, reportedly of a heart attack, aged 56 |
Roy Jenkins | 30 November 1967 | 19 June 1970 | |
James Callaghan | 16 October 1964 | 30 November 1967 | |
Reginald Maudling | 13 July 1962 | 16 October 1964 | |
Selwyn Lloyd | 27 July 1960 | 13 July 1962 | |
Peter Thorneycroft | 13 January 1957 | 6 January 1958 | |
Harold Macmillan | 20 December 1955 | 13 January 1957 | |
Rab Butler | 28 October 1951 | 20 December 1955 | |
Hugh Gaitskell | 19 October 1950 | 26 October 1951 | |
Neville Chamberlain | 5 November 1931 | 28 May 1937 | |
Winston Churchill | 6 November 1924 | 4 June 1929 | |
Neville Chamberlain | 27 August 1923 | 22 January 1924 | |
Stanley Baldwin | 27 October 1922 | 27 August 1923 | |
Andrew Bonar Law | 10 December 1916 | 10 January 1919 | |
David Lloyd George | 12 April 1908 | 25 May 1915 | |
Herbert Asquith | 10 December 1905 | 12 April 1908 | |
Benjamin Disraeli | 6 July 1866 | 29 February 1868 | |
Benjamin Disraeli | 26 February 1858 | 11 June 1859 | |
Benjamin Disraeli | 27 February 1852 | 17 December 1852 | |
Robert Peel | 15 December 1834 | 8 April 1835 | |
William Pitt the Younger | 10 May 1804 | 23 January 1806 | |
William Pitt the Younger | 19 December 1783 | 1 January 1801 | |
William Pitt the Younger | 10 July 1782 | 31 March 1783 | |
Francis Dashwood | 1762 | 1763 |
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