Chancellor of the Exchequer
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 Chancellor of the Exchequer    | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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