Liz Sugg, Baroness Sugg

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Lord Temporal
Life peerage
11 October 2016
Personal details
Born (1977-05-02) 2 May 1977 (age 46)
Political partyConservative
Alma materNewcastle University

Elizabeth Grace Sugg, Baroness Sugg

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Overseas Territories and Sustainable Development
between February and November 2020.

Education and career

Sugg grew up and went to school in Surrey attending Epsom College.[1] She graduated from Newcastle University with a degree in Politics and Economics.[2] Her mother, Deborah Sugg, worked for many years as parliamentary assistant to the prominent Conservative MP, Kenneth Clarke.

After working in Brussels as a press secretary for the Conservative MEPs, Sugg served as Head of Operations at 10 Downing Street under the premiership of David Cameron.[citation needed] She led the preparation of key international meetings hosted by the UK such as the

NATO Summit 2014 in Wales.[3]
She was appointed a

She was nominated for a

Coldharbour in the London Borough of Lambeth, on 30 August 2016.[5]

Sugg was a government whip as a

Lord Callanan.[6] From 23 April 2019 until the February 2020 reshuffle she was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development.[7] She was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Minister for the Overseas Territories and Sustainable Development on 13 February 2020, and Special Envoy for Girls' Education on 5 March 2020.[7]

On 25 November 2020 she resigned from her ministerial role at the

overseas aid budget would be reduced.[8]

On the appointment of David Cameron as Foreign Secretary, she became a Special Adviser to him.[9]

Notes

  1. ^ Sustainable Development (2019–February 2020)
  2. ^ Jointly with Department for International Development (2019–September 2020)

References

  1. ^ "Lord Rosebery Lecture from Baroness Sugg".
  2. ^ "Speaker: Baroness Sugg". International Transport Forum / OECD. 2018.
  3. ^ "Elizabeth Sugg". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  4. ^ "No. 61359". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 September 2015. p. 17615.
  5. ^ "No. 61694". The London Gazette. 5 September 2016. p. 18840.
  6. ^ "Ministerial appointments: 27 October 2017". Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  7. ^ a b "Baroness Sugg CBE - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Liz Sugg resigns as sustainable development minister over cut to aid spending". The Guardian. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  9. ^ "David Cameron's foreign policy record rated". POLITICO. 16 November 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2023.