The Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt

Biography

Penny Mordaunt was Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons between 6 September 2022 and 5 July 2024.

Previously she was Minister of State at the Department for International Trade from 16 September 2021 to 6 September 2022. She was the department’s ministerial disability champion.

Penny was an MP from 2010 to 2024.

Her previous positions include:

• Paymaster General (2020), leading resilience work overhauling how the UK prepares and responds to threats and has bolstered the UKs defensive cyber security
• Secretary of State for Defence (2019), the first woman to hold the post
• Secretary of State for International Development (2017)
• Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work (2016)
• Minister for the Armed Forces (2015), the first woman to hold this position
• Minister of Local Government (2014)

She is also a former Governor at the World Bank.

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• Leader of the House addresses the UK Youth Parliament
  • 17 November 2023
  • Speech
• Trust in Britain
  • 01 March 2023
  • Speech
• Delivering through Parliament for the British people
  • 17 January 2023
  • Speech
• UK signs second state-level agreement with North Carolina
  • 20 July 2022
  • Press release
• Joint Statement on UK-Thailand Joint Economic and Trade Committee
  • 21 June 2022
  • News story
• UK signs first US state-level agreement with Indiana
  • 27 May 2022
  • Press release
• UK and Vietnam hold talks as trade increases by almost 11%
  • 25 May 2022
  • News story
• UK-Ghana trade links boosted as political and business leaders meet in London
  • 11 May 2022
  • News story
• Minister Mordaunt speech to Belgian Trade Delegation led by HRH Princess Astrid
  • 10 May 2022
  • Speech
• Indiana-UK: Mordaunt-Holcomb meeting, 27 April
  • 27 April 2022
  • News story

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