| Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change |
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Arms of Her Majesty's Government Department of Energy and Climate Change |
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| Style | The Right Honourable |
| Appointer | David Cameron |
| Inaugural holder | Ed Miliband |
| Formation | 3 October 2008 |
| Website | Energy and Climate Change |
The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change is a British government cabinet position currently held by Chris Huhne.[1] The government department was created on 3 October 2008 when former Prime Minister Gordon Brown reshuffled his cabinet.
The Energy and Climate Change Secretary revives the earlier post of the Secretary of State for Energy as head of the Department of Energy, existing from 1974 to 1992. After which, the Department of Energy was merged into the Department of Trade and Industry under the Conservative government of Sir John Major in 1992.
Sixteen years later, and immediately prior to the creation of the new Department of Energy and Climate Change, energy policy was the responsibility of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (itself now a defunct government department, superseded by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills).
In 2010, Lord Jonathan Marland was made Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State [2] and the shadow secretary of state for energy and climate change is currently Caroline Flint.[3]
| Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Political party | Prime Minister | |
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| Ed Miliband | 3 October 2008 | 11 May 2010 | Labour | Gordon Brown | ||
| Chris Huhne | 12 May 2010 | Incumbent | Liberal Democrat | David Cameron | ||
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