Minister of Reconstruction

The Minister of Reconstruction was a British government post that briefly existed during the latter stages of the Second World War, charged with planning for the post-war period. A succession of government committees had failed to make much progress with the problems arising out of reconstruction and so in 1943 Winston Churchill took the bold step of appointing a single minister as a member of the War Cabinet.

Minister of Reconstruction (1917–1919)

Name		Term of office		Political party	Government
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Christopher Addison MP for Hoxton before 1918 MP for Shoreditch after 1918	17 July 1917	10 January 1919	Liberal	rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) | Lloyd George
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Auckland Geddes MP for Basingstoke	10 January 1919	August 1919	Conservative

Minister of Reconstruction (1943–1945)

Colour key (for political parties):
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Name		Portrait	Term of office		Political party	Government
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Frederick Marquis 1st Baron Woolton	File:1st Earl of Woolton 1947.jpg	11 November 1943	23 May 1945	Independent	Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK)|	Churchill War

See also

• Ministry of Reconstruction