Lord President of the Council

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Jacob Rees-Mogg

The office of Lord President of the Council is a British cabinet position. Its owner is the President of the Privy Council . In the territories of the Holy Roman Empire and the later German monarchies, this position corresponds to that of the Chairman of the Secret Council . The main task of the president is to preside over meetings at which orders-in-councils are issued, which the British monarch must formally approve. The incumbent has been Jacob Rees-Mogg from the Conservative Party since July 24, 2019 .

The Lord President of the Council is the fourth among the Great Officers of State and succeeds the Lord High Steward (Court Marshal), the Lord High Chancellor (Lord Chancellor) and the Lord High Treasurer (Lord Treasurer).

Since the duties of this office are not too extensive, the duties are often taken over by a government minister, usually of high rank and without portfolio. More recently, it was customary for the President of the Council at the same time the lower house , or at the same time the upper house pre ate. Since 2015, the spokesman for the majority parliamentary group in the lower house has also been Lord President.

In the 19th century the President of the Council was a cabinet member a. a. responsible for the education system, which at the time was still the responsibility of the Privy Council, but whose influence was increasingly curtailed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The Lord President played a particularly important role during World War II as chairman of the Lord President's Committee , which was concerned with the economic problems raised by the defense of the country. This committee made a vital contribution to the success of the British war economy and, ultimately, the war effort.

Many of the Lords Presidents were very influential politicians, including numerous Prime Ministers or Governors General and Viceroys of India .

Lords President 1530–1553

Lords President 1621-1631

Lords President since 1678

Lord President of the Council Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland
Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington
Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon
Arthur Balfour
Nick Clegg , Lord President from 2010 to 2015
Andrea Leadsom , Lord President from 2017 to May 2019

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  1. ↑ Jacob Rees Mogg on the UK Government website, accessed July 25, 2019. (English)