The Rt Hon Grant Shapps
Biography
The Rt Hon Grant Shapps was Secretary of State for Defence between 31 August 2023 and 5 July 2024. Previously he was Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero from 7 February 2023 to 31 August 2023.
He was previously Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on 25 October 2022, Secretary of State for the Home Department from 19 October 2022 to 25 October 2022, Secretary of State for Transport between 24 July 2019 and 6 September 2022, and Minister of State at the Department for International Development from 11 May 2015 until 28 November 2015.
He was the Conservative MP for Welwyn Hatfield from 2005 to 2024.
Political career
Grant was appointed Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party in 2005, before being made Shadow Housing Minister in June 2007. Following the 2010 election, he served as Minister of State for Housing and Local Government in the Department for Communities and Local Government. Grant was appointed to the Privy Council in June 2010. In September 2012 he was appointed as co-chairman to the Conservative Party. At the same time he held the position of Minister without Portfolio at the Cabinet Office. In 2015, Grant was appointed a Minister of State in the Department for International Development. Following the 2019 election, Grant was appointed Secretary of State for Transport, a role he retained until 2022. After serving as the Home Secretary during 2022, Grant was appointed the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, becoming Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero after the creation of the department.
Career outside politics
In 1990, Grant founded PrintHouse Corporation, a design, print, website creation and marketing business in London.
Education
Grant studied at Cassio College, Watford before graduating from Manchester Polytechnic with a business and finance diploma.
Personal life
Grant is married with 3 children.