The Minister of Reconstruction was a British government post that briefly existed during the latter stages of the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...

, charged with planning for the post-war period. A succession of government committees had failed to make much progress with the problems arising out of reconstruction and so in 1943

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took the bold step of appointing a single minister as a member of the

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Minister of Reconstruction (1917–19??)

Minister of Reconstruction (1943–1945)

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The Lord Woolton , , 11 November 1943 , 23 May 1945 , Independent , style="background-color: {{party color, Conservative Party (UK)" , ,

Minister of Reconstruction (1917–19??)

Minister of Reconstruction (1943–1945)

See also