Paul Boateng

The Right Honourable The Lord Boateng CVO PC DL
Official portrait, 2020
British High Commissioner to South Africa
In office 14 March 2005 – 26 April 2009
Monarch	Elizabeth II
President	Thabo Mbeki Kgalema Motlanthe
Preceded by	Ann Grant
Succeeded by	Nicola Brewer
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
In office 29 May 2002 – 5 May 2005
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Andrew Smith
Succeeded by	Des Browne
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office 8 June 2001 – 28 May 2002
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Stephen Timms
Succeeded by	Ruth Kelly
Minister of State for Home Affairs
In office 27 October 1998 – 8 June 2001
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Alun Michael
Succeeded by	John Denham
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People
In office 4 May 1997 – 27 October 1998
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Alistair Burt
Succeeded by	Margaret Hodge
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 July 2010 Life Peerage
Member of Parliament for Brent South
In office 11 June 1987 – 11 April 2005
Preceded by	Laurie Pavitt
Succeeded by	Dawn Butler
Personal details
Born	(1951-06-14) 14 June 1951 (age 73) Hackney Central, London, England
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	Janet, Lady Boateng
Children	5
Alma mater	University of Bristol

Paul Yaw Boateng, Baron Boateng, CVO, PC, DL (born 14 June 1951) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brent South from 1987 to 2005, becoming the UK's first Black Cabinet Minister in May 2002, when he was appointed as Chief Secretary to the Treasury. Following his departure from the House of Commons, he served as the British High Commissioner to South Africa from March 2005 to May 2009. He was introduced as a member of the House of Lords on 1 July 2010.^[1]