Chancellor of the Exchequer
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 Chancellor of the Exchequer  | |
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| Start | 22 June 1316 |
| Leader of | UK/Treasury |
| Website | https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/chancellor-of-the-exchequer |
| Leader of the UK/Treasury. | |
The Chancellor of the Exchequer sits in the Cabinet, and runs the 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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