Lord Andrew Adonis, Minister of State for Transport
Biography
Andrew Adonis has been appointed as the new Minister of State for Transport.
This follows his tenure as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (PUSS) for Schools and Learners at the Department for Children, Schools and Families. He had held the post of PUSS since he was appointed in May 2005 to the then Department for Education and Skills.
Prior to this he worked as adviser to the previous Prime Minister, Tony Blair, on education and public services and as Head of the No 10 Policy Unit, joining in 1998 after a career as an academic and journalist.
Between 1988 and 1998 he was successively Fellow (in history and politics) of Nuffield College, Oxford; education correspondent and then Public Policy Editor at the Financial Times; and political columnist and leader writer at the Observer.
Andrew is author or co-author of six books – including studies of the English class system; the rise and fall of the poll tax; and the Victorian House of Lords - and had a collection of essays on Roy Jenkins published last year. He was educated at Kingham Hill school and at Keble and Nuffield Colleges, Oxford. He is married with a son and daughter.
Responsibilities
- National networks (strategic road network and rail)
- Environment and climate change
- Cleaner fuels and vehicles
- Crossrail
E-mail: andrew.adonis@dft.gsi.gov.uk
