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Minister of Reconstruction

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The Minister of Reconstruction was a British government post that briefly existed during the latter stages of the Second World War, charged with planning for the post-war period. A succession of government committees had failed to make much progress with the problems arising out of reconstruction and so in 1943 Winston Churchill took the bold step of appointing a single minister as a member of the War Cabinet.

Minister of Reconstruction (1917–1919)

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Name Term of office Political party Government
Christopher Addison
MP for Hoxton before 1918
MP for Shoreditch after 1918
17 July 1917 10 January 1919 Liberal Lloyd George
Auckland Geddes
MP for Basingstoke
10 January 1919 August 1919 Conservative

Minister of Reconstruction (1943–1945)

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Colour key (for political parties):
  Conservative   Independent

Name Portrait Term of office Political party Government
Frederick Marquis
1st Baron Woolton
11 November 1943 23 May 1945 Independent Churchill War

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