Minister for the Olympics
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The Minister for the Olympics was a position within the United Kingdom
Government
created on 6 July 2005 as a result of the selection of London
to host the 2012 Summer Olympics
and was merged into the position of Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport in May 2010.
Tessa Jowell
was the Minister for entirety of the office's existence. At the time the position was created, she was Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
, and she held both roles until the resignation of Tony Blair
. In Gordon Brown
's cabinet, she continued as Minister for the Olympics, but held the portfolios of Minister for the Cabinet Office
and Paymaster General from June 2009 until Brown resigned as Prime Minister on 11 May 2010.
Following the 2010 general election, the role was merged with the position of Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to create the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (reuniting the roles) at the beginning of the Cameron Ministry
; Jeremy Hunt is the first to hold that post.
Jowell continues to have responsibility for the Olympics portfolio in Labour's Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet, serving as the Shadow Minister for the Olympics. This office remains independent from the Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.
United Kingdom
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Government
Cabinet of the United Kingdom
The Cabinet of the United Kingdom is the collective decision-making body of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, composed of the Prime Minister and some 22 Cabinet Ministers, the most senior of the government ministers....
created on 6 July 2005 as a result of the selection of London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
to host the 2012 Summer Olympics
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the "London 2012 Olympic Games", are scheduled to take place in London, England, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012...
and was merged into the position of Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport in May 2010.
Tessa Jowell
Tessa Jowell
Tessa Jowell is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Dulwich and West Norwood since 1992. Formerly a member of both the Blair and Brown Cabinets, she is currently the Shadow Minister for the Olympics and Shadow Minister for London.-Early life:Tessa Jane...
was the Minister for entirety of the office's existence. At the time the position was created, she was Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
The Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport is a United Kingdom cabinet position with responsibility for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The role was created in 1992 by John Major as Secretary of State for National Heritage...
, and she held both roles until the resignation of Tony Blair
Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...
. In Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown
James Gordon Brown is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007...
's cabinet, she continued as Minister for the Olympics, but held the portfolios of Minister for the Cabinet Office
Minister for the Cabinet Office
The Minister for the Cabinet Office is a position in the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom. The post of Minister of the Cabinet Office is sometimes derided as the Minister for the Today programme.-Ministers for the Cabinet Office:...
and Paymaster General from June 2009 until Brown resigned as Prime Minister on 11 May 2010.
Following the 2010 general election, the role was merged with the position of Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to create the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (reuniting the roles) at the beginning of the Cameron Ministry
Cameron Ministry
David Cameron is Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, after being invited by Queen Elizabeth II to form a new government after the resignation as Prime Minister of Gordon Brown on 11 May 2010. Leading a coalition government formed by the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats, the coalition...
; Jeremy Hunt is the first to hold that post.
Jowell continues to have responsibility for the Olympics portfolio in Labour's Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet, serving as the Shadow Minister for the Olympics. This office remains independent from the Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.