Greg Hands appointed as UK junior trade minister
2022.10.09 20:13
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth Greg Hands leaves after a radio interview in Westminster, London, Britain, April 8, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Nicholson
(Reuters) -British lawmaker Greg Hands was appointed minister of state for trade, the prime minister’s office said in a statement on Sunday.
“An honour and a great privilege to be in His Majesty’s Government,” Hands said in a tweet following his appointment.
Hands’ appointment comes after Conor Burns was sacked as a junior trade minister on Friday and suspended from the parliamentary Conservative Party following a “complaint of serious misconduct” at its annual conference last week.
Hands was previously the minister of state at the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, a role which he held for over a year.
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