Rishi Sunak Reappoints Michelle Donelan as Tradition Secretary

New U.Okay. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has re-appointed Michelle Donelan as tradition secretary.

Donelan was appointed by Sunak’s predecessor Liz Truss, who lasted solely 44 days as Prime Minister earlier than she was dramatically pressured to resign final week.

Donelan was previously universities minister and training minister, the latter position lasting solely two days in Boris Johnson’s cupboard earlier than she was amongst a wave of ministers who resigned their posts as they misplaced confidence in Johnson. He finally stepped down in July and was changed by Truss in September.

Simply two days after Donelan was appointed secretary of state for the division of digital, tradition, media and sport, she discovered herself tasked with the big duty of overseeing preparations for Queen Elizabeth’s funeral, together with the group and marshalling of the big five-day lengthy line to see the monarch mendacity in state.

Donelan’s division additionally oversees briefs as disparate as kids’s entry to social media, main sporting occasions together with soccer championships, cultural occasions such because the Eurovision Track Contest and the oversight of public broadcasters together with the BBC and Channel 4.

Donelan’s predecessor within the division, Nadine Dorries, had been decided to denationalise Channel 4 and eradicate the BBC’s license charge, which funds 70% of the broadcaster’s output. Donelan has not but publicly acknowledged the place she stands on both of these points.

Earlier than transferring into politics, Donelan labored in advertising for Sky earlier than transferring to World Wrestling Leisure (WWE) as a advertising supervisor. She was at WWE for 3 years.

Donelan is the tenth U.Okay. tradition secretary in as a few years whereas Sunak is the third Prime Minister in 4 months.