Justine Greening, English accountant and politician, Secretary of State for International Development
Justine Greening (born 30 April 1969) is a British former Conservative politician who served as Secretary of State for Education from 2016 to 2018 and as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Putney from 2005 to 2019. She served in the Cameron Government as Economic Secretary to the Treasury and Secretary of State for Transport, prior to being appointed Secretary of State for International Development in September 2012. From 14 July 2016 to 8 January 2018, she served as Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities in the May Government. She resigned as Education Secretary in the January 2018 Cabinet reshuffle.
On 3 September 2019, Greening announced that she would not be standing as a Conservative at the next general election. Later the same day, she was one of 21 Conservative MPs who had the whip withdrawn after voting against the government. She sat as an independent MP until Parliament was dissolved for the December 2019 general election.