Justine Greening facts for kids

Justine Greening
Quick facts for kids The Right Honourable ; Justine Greening ; MP
Secretary of State for Education
	In office; 14 July 2016 – 8 January 2018
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	Nicky Morgan
Succeeded by	Damian Hinds
Minister for Women and Equalities
	In office; 14 July 2016 – 8 January 2018
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	Nicky Morgan
Succeeded by	Amber Rudd
Secretary of State for International Development
	In office; 4 September 2012 – 14 July 2016
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Andrew Mitchell
Succeeded by	Priti Patel
Secretary of State for Transport
	In office; 14 October 2011 – 4 September 2012
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Philip Hammond
Succeeded by	Patrick McLoughlin
Economic Secretary to the Treasury
	In office; 13 May 2010 – 14 October 2011
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Ian Pearson
Succeeded by	Chloe Smith
Shadow Minister for London
	In office; 19 January 2009 – 13 May 2010
Leader	David Cameron
Shadowing	Tony McNulty; Tessa Jowell
Preceded by	Bob Neill
Succeeded by	Tessa Jowell
Member of Parliament; for Putney
	Incumbent
	Assumed office; 5 May 2005
Preceded by	Tony Colman
Majority	1,554 (3.3%)
Personal details
Born	30 April 1969 (age 53); Rotherham, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	University of Southampton; London Business School

Justine Greening (born 30 April 1969) is a British politician of the Conservative Party serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Putney since the general election of 2005 and was the Secretary of State for Education from 2016 to 2018.

She was appointed Economic Secretary to the Treasury in May 2010 and then Secretary of State for Transport in October 2011. In September 2012, she was replaced by Patrick McLoughlin at the Department for Transport, and became Secretary of State for International Development. On 14 July 2016, she replaced Nicky Morgan as Secretary of State for Education in Theresa May's first government, a post she held until she resigned in the January 2018 Cabinet reshuffle.

Greening was born in Rotherham, where she attended Oakwood Comprehensive School. She studied Business Economics and Accounting at the University of Southampton, graduating with a first class honours degree in 1990. She obtained an Executive MBA from the London Business School in 2000.

Before entering parliament, she trained and qualified as an accountant, working as an accountant/finance manager for, amongst others, PricewaterhouseCoopers, GlaxoSmithKline and Centrica.

Images for kids

Greening and actor Idris Elba at a Defeating Ebola virus conference 2014
Justine Greening 2015
Justine Greening meeting with Bill Gates 2015
Geena Davis and Justine Greening 2013