# Nicky Morgan appointed DCMS Secretary of State

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/07/29/nicky-morgan-appointed-dcms-secretary-of-state/
- Published: 2019-07-29T08:55:27+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**The Right Honourable Nicky Morgan has taken up her new position of Secretary of
State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.**

Morgan was appointed by Boris Johnson late last week and replaces the sacked Jeremy
Wright.

> The Rt Hon Nicky Morgan [@NickyMorgan01](https://twitter.com/NickyMorgan01?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> has been appointed Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport [@DCMS](https://twitter.com/DCMS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> [pic.twitter.com/4wU7PSN9jj](https://t.co/4wU7PSN9jj)
> 
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> — UK Prime Minister (@10DowningStreet) [July 24, 2019](https://twitter.com/10DowningStreet/status/1154111055540477953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

 

The Conservative Member of Parliament for Loughborough, Morgan was first elected
to Parliament in 2010.

Before becoming a politician, Morgan studied law at Oxford University, working as
a solicitor specialising in corporate law from 1994 till her election.

Prior to taking up the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 
position, her positions have included Chair of the Treasury Select Committee from
2017 – 2019, Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities(
2014 – 16), Financial Secretary to the Treasury (2014), Minister for Women (2014),
and Economic Secretary to the Treasury (2013 – 14), during which time she was responsible
for charity tax policy.

> Starting my role as [@DCMS](https://twitter.com/DCMS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Secretary
> of State as I mean to go on with a visit to [@NPGLondon](https://twitter.com/NPGLondon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)–
> thank you for such a warm welcome. Look forward to hearing more about the work
> of our exceptional national museums [pic.twitter.com/oS8kwQxBG7](https://t.co/oS8kwQxBG7)
> — Baroness Nicky Morgan (@NickyMorgan01) [July 25, 2019](https://twitter.com/NickyMorgan01/status/1154398014712270849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

Last week also saw Johnson appoint a new International Development Secretary, Alok
Sharma. Sharma replaces Rory Stewart who resigned his role on Johnson’s appointment
as Prime Minister, and was previously Minister of State for Employment at the Department
of Work and Pensions, a role he had held since January 2018. He is also MP for Reading
West.

 

UK Parliament official portrait of Nicky Morgan, released under an [Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
licence.

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