Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
 	 	 	 	
Incumbent 	Incumbent 	 	 	
Rakas21 	Rakas21 	 	 	
since 8th December 2020 	since 8th December 2020 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
Category 	Shadow Cabinet Position 	 	 	
Inaugural holder 	Oblivious 	 	 	
Number of Shadow Business Secretaries since September 2013 	18 	 	 	
The Shadow Business Secretary, known in full as the Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, is a member of the opposition's shadow cabinet that shadows the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. The Shadow Business Secretary is responsible for holding them to account and has the ability to ask the Business Secretary two questions at question times. The current Shadow Business Secretary is Rakas21, who was appointed on 8th December 2020.
==List of Shadow Business Secretaries==
Oblivious was appointed as the first Shadow Business Secretary for the Labour Party following the first general election. Since shadow cabinet records began in September 2013, there have been 18 Shadow Business Secretaries.
Shadow Business Secretary	Alternative Role 	Party	Party 	Took office 	Left office
Kittiara 	Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Pensions, Industrial Relations and Welfare	 	Green 	September 2013	March 2014
TeeEff 	Shadow Minister of State for Work, Business, Innovation and Skills 	 	Conservative	November 2014 	July 2015
That Bearded Man 	Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Skills, Work and Pensions 	 	Labour 	July 2015 	August 2015
TeeEff 	Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills 	 	Conservative	October 2015 	April 2016
McRite 	Shadow Secretary of State for Enterprise, Work and Pensions 	 	Labour 	June 2016 	August 2016
TheDefiniteArticle 	Shadow Secretary of State for Enterprise, Work and Pensions 	 	Labour 	August 2016 	October 2016
adam9317 	Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Industry, and Work and Pensions 	 	Conservative	November 2016 	January 2017
fleky6910 	Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Industry, and Work and Pensions 	 	Conservative	February 2017 	May 2017
Joel 96 	Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Industry 	 	Conservative	June 2017 	December 2017
Obiejess 	Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Trade and Infrastructure 	 	Labour 	December 2017 	February 2018
Dafios9128 	Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Welfare and Infrastructure 	 	Labour 	February 2018 	May 2018
viljo 	Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Housing and Transport 	 	Labour 	May 2018 	NA
Unknown 	Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Housing and Transport 	 	Labour 	NA 	NA
Unknown 	Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Housing and Transport 	 	Conservative	NA 	NA
Keir Starmer 	Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy, Industrial Strategy and Infrastructure 	 	Labour 	May 2020 	July 2020
moso2203 	Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy, Industrial Strategy and Infrastructure 	 	Labour 	July 2020 	November 2020
Unown Uzer 	 	 	Conservative	November 2020 	December 2020
Rakas21 	 	 	Conservative	December 2020 	incumbent
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