Liz Sugg, Baroness Sugg
Elizabeth Grace Sugg, Baroness Sugg CBE (born 2 May 1977) is a British politician, life peer and former political adviser. A member of the Conservative Party, she has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Overseas Territories and Sustainable Development since 2020.
The Baroness Sugg CBE | |
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 Sugg in 2019 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Overseas Territories and Sustainable Development | |
| Assumed office 13 February 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | The Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development | |
Outgoing | |
| Assumed office 23 April 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Theresa May Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | The Lord Bates |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Aviation | |
| In office 27 October 2017 – 23 April 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | The Lord Callanan |
| Succeeded by | The Baroness Vere of Norbiton |
| Baroness-in-Waiting Government Whip | |
| In office 11 June 2017 – 27 October 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | The Baroness Buscombe |
| Succeeded by | The Baroness Stedman-Scott |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 30 August 2016 Life Peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 May 1977 |
| Political party | Conservative |
Sugg graduated from Newcastle University. She served as Head of Operations at 10 Downing Street under the premiership of David Cameron. She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2015 Dissolution Honours.[1]
She was nominated for a life peerage in the 2016 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours and was created Baroness Sugg, of Coldharbour in the London Borough of Lambeth, on 30 August 2016.[2]
Sugg was a government whip as a Baroness-in-Waiting from June to October 2017. She was then appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Aviation at the Department for Transport on 27 October 2017, replacing Lord Callanan.[3] She was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development on 23 April 2019.[4]
References
- "No. 61359". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 September 2015. p. 17615.
- "No. 61694". The London Gazette. 5 September 2016. p. 18840.
- "Ministerial appointments: 27 October 2017". Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
- "Baroness Sugg CBE - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2019-05-14.