Rt Hon Paul Boateng MP
Chief Secretary
Rt Hon Paul Boateng MP was appointed Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 29 May 2002.
He was previously Financial Secretary to the Treasury 2001-2002, before that Minister for Home Affairs 1998-2001 and previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health 1997-98.
He joined Parliament as Member for Brent South in 1987. His career in Opposition included stints as spokesman for the Treasury and Economic Affairs 1989-92 and the Lord Chancellors Department 1992-97. He also served on the Select Committee for Environment 1987-89.
He was educated at Achimota, Accra Academy, Apsley Grammar School, Bristol University and the College of Law.
He was born in 1951. He is married and has two sons and three daughters.
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