Churchill war ministry
1940–45

Churchill war ministry

Section Title: 1940–45
Table Section Text: None

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party

First Lord of the Treasury Minister of Defence	Winston Churchill	May 1940	May 1945	Conservative

Deputy Prime Minister	Clement Attlee	February 1942	May 1945	Labour

Lord President of the Council	Neville Chamberlain	May 1940	October 1940	Conservative

Sir John Anderson	October 1940	September 1943	National

Clement Attlee	September 1943	May 1945	Labour

Lord Privy Seal	Clement Attlee	May 1940	February 1942	Labour

Sir Stafford Cripps	February 1942	October 1942	Labour

Chancellor of the Exchequer	Sir Kingsley Wood	October 1940	February 1942	Conservative

Sir John Anderson	September 1943	May 1945	National

Foreign Secretary	The Viscount Halifax	May 1940	December 1940	Conservative

Anthony Eden	December 1940	May 1945	Conservative

Home Secretary	Herbert Morrison	October 1942	May 1945	Labour

Minister of Aircraft Production	The Lord Beaverbrook	August 1940	May 1941	Conservative

Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs	Clement Attlee	February 1942	September 1943	Labour

Minister of Labour and National Service	Ernest Bevin	October 1940	May 1945	Labour

Minister-Resident for the Middle East	Oliver Lyttelton	February 1942	March 1942	Conservative

Richard Casey	March 1942	January 1944	National

The Lord Moyne	January 1944	November 1944	Conservative

Minister without Portfolio	Arthur Greenwood	May 1940	February 1942	Labour

Minister of Reconstruction	The Lord Woolton	November 1943	May 1945	Conservative

Minister of State	The Lord Beaverbrook	May 1941	June 1941	Conservative

Minister of Supply	The Lord Beaverbrook	June 1941	February 1942	Conservative

Minister of War Production	The Lord Beaverbrook	February 1942	February 1942	Conservative

Oliver Lyttelton	March 1942	May 1945	Conservative

Sentence(s)

On September 1943, Sir John Anderson succeeded Sir Kingsley Wood as Chancellor of the Exchequer.

final_sentence: On September 1943, Sir John Anderson succeeded Sir Kingsley Wood as Chancellor of the Exchequer.