Alok Sharma

Quick Facts

Full Name	Alok Sharma
Date Of Birth	Sep 7, 1967(1967-09-07)
Age	57
Birthplace	West Bengal
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	West Bengal
Horoscope	Capricorn

Alok Sharma Biography

Alok Sharma is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on September 7, 1967 in West Bengal, West Bengal, United Kingdom. Alok Sharma (born 7 September 1967) is a British politician, serving as the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy from February

2020. He was previously the Secretary of State for International Development from July 2019 to February 2020. He was elected in 2010 as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Reading West.

Sharma served as a member of the Science and Technology Select Committee between July 2010 and February 2011 and the Treasury Select Committee between September 2014 and March 2015. During Sharma’s time on the Treasury Select Committee, the committee investigated how financial services customers were treated and Sharma was critical of banks for mis-selling products to customers.

In September 2011, Sharma was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Mark Hoban, the then Financial Secretary to the Treasury. During his time as a PPS, Sharma sat on a number of public bill committees including two finance bills, the 2013 Banking Reform Bill and the 2011 Pensions Bill. He also served as PPS to Sir Oliver Letwin, the former Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster who had overall responsibility for the Cabinet Office. In 2016, Sharma was appointed as the Prime Minister’s “Infrastructure Envoy to India”.

Sharma was Conservative Party Vice-Chairman from 2012 to 2015 and co-chairman of Conservative Friends of India in 2014.

Sharma has been a vocal supporter of the expansion of Heathrow Airport and has spoken in support of increasing the number of airport runways in the South East of England, claiming that “a lack of hub capacity is costing the UK jobs and investment.” This is despite opposition in his own constituency; in 2009 he said: “A third runway at Heathrow would inflict huge damage to the environment and to the quality of life of millions of people. It is time for the Government to abandon its plans for a third runway and, if a Conservative Government is elected, we will certainly stop this environmental disaster.”

Alok Sharma Net Worth

Alok Sharma is one of the richest Politician from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Alok Sharma 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Sharma was born in Agra, India, but moved to Reading with his parents when he was five years old. His father Prem was involved in Conservative politics in Reading and became chairman of the Berkshire area of Conservatives and the founder of Conservative Parliamentary Friends of India. Sharma was raised in the Reading suburbs of Earley and Whitley Wood and attended Presentation College, Reading Blue Coat School in Sonning and the University of Salford, from where he graduated with a BSc in Applied Physics with Electronics in 1988.

Sharma was selected as the Conservative Party candidate for the Reading West constituency in 2006. He was elected as the MP for Reading West in the 2010 general election, winning a majority of 6,004 after the retirement of Martin Salter.

Sharma supported the opening in his Reading West constituency of one of the first free schools in England. All Saints Junior School opened in September 2011 and received an “Outstanding” rating in its first Ofsted report.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Alok Sharma Dating?

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In the 2015 general election he was re-elected with an increased majority of 6,650.

Facts & Trivia

Alok Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Alok Sharma celebrates birthday on September 7 of every year.

Sharma was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from July 2016 to June 2017.

Does Alok Sharma have children?

Sharma is married and lives in Caversham, Reading, with his wife and two daughters.

Who is the MP of reading?

Reading East
Major settlements| Reading
Current constituency
Created| 1983
Member of Parliament| Matt Rodda (Labour)

Who is MP for West Reading?

Reading West is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Alok Sharma, a Conservative. He is currently serving in the Cabinet as the President for COP26.

Who is the head of cop?

Alok Sharma was appointed President for COP26, the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference, on 8 January 2021. Ahead of COP26, the COP President Designate sets the agenda for the summit, and drives ambition internationally.

Is Alok Indian origin?

Alok is an Indian given name of Sanskrit origin.