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Keir Starmer holds his first cabinet meeting after the general election.

IfG Ministers Database

Search our database of all government ministers since 1979.

The Institute for Government’s Ministers Database holds information about all government ministers since 1979 – who served as a minister, in which roles, and their dates in office.

The database compiles a variety of sources to create an ongoing authoritative record – available to the public and easy to use – of all ministerial appointments since Margaret Thatcher became prime minister.

The IfG Ministers Database can be used to look up an individual minister’s career history, or those who have done a specific role. It can also be used to see which ministers were in government on a specific date, or which entered or left their roles between two points in time. 

Find out more about the database

Explore the IfG Ministers Database

Look up a minister

Details of all ministerial roles held by an individual.

Look up a ministerial role

All ministers who have done a specific role since 1979.

View entire government

All ministers in government on a specific date.

View ministerial appointments and exits

All ministers who entered or left their roles between two dates.

What can we learn from the IfG’s Ministers Database?

Who has served as a minister? Which roles have they held? What dates were they in office? Join our webinar exploring the IfG's new public database of ever government minister since 1979.

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Keir Starmer holds his first cabinet meeting after the general election.