The Rt Hon Conor Burns

Biography

The Rt. Hon. Conor Burns was appointed Minister for Trade Policy at the Department for International Trade on 7 September 2022.

He was Minister of State for Northern Ireland between 16 September 2021 and 7 September 2022.

He was previously Minister of State for Trade Policy between July 2019 and May 2020. Elected to the House of Commons in 2010 he has held a number of PPS positions in the Northern Ireland Office (2010-12), Treasury and BEIS. He served as PPS to the Rt. Hon. Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary between 2017-18.

Personal life

Conor was born in Belfast in 1972 and went to Park Lodge Primary School on the Antrim Road before his family moved to Hertfordshire. He read Modern and Politics and the University of Southampton where he later served on the City Council. Prior to his election to Parliament he had a career in Financial Services and Communications.

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  • 04 August 2022
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  • 22 July 2022
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• Joint Communiqué of the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference
  • 23 March 2022
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  • 28 February 2022
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  • 02 December 2021
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• Conor Burns MP resignation letter and the Prime Minister's response
  • 05 May 2020
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• Win for British farm as cabbages allowed into Malaysia
  • 07 February 2020
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• Trade Minister champions UK SMEs in US ahead of trade talks
  • 07 February 2020
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• Minister hails UK-Morocco future
  • 22 January 2020
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  • 10 January 2020
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