Alok Sharma is a British politician serving as President for COP26 and a Minister for the Cabinet Office since 2021. Resigning his previous position as Secretary of State for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy to lead COP26, he retains full Cabinet status. Sharma has been the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Reading West since 2010.
Sharma served in Theresa May’s government as Minister of State for Housing from 2017 to 2018 and as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment from 2018 to 2019. In 2019, he was appointed to Boris Johnson’s cabinet as Secretary of State for International Development.
Does Alok Sharma have any siblings?
Alok does mention on one of his tweets that he has a sister, but not much is known about her. as Alok is private about his family
Just sent this by my sister who is using her time in lockdown to sort family snaps taken over many years.
This feels like yesterday – and I haven’t changed a bit! pic.twitter.com/ELDwYRZcRT
— Alok Sharma (@AlokSharma_RDG) February 21, 2021
Sharma was born in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, and moved to Read with his parents when he was five years old. He had a Hindu upbringing. His father, Prem, was involved in Conservative politics in Reading and became chairman of the Berkshire area of Conservatives before helping to establish the Conservative Parliamentary Friends of India.
