Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union Related: Women King Charles III

The secretary of state oversaw Brexit negotiations following a 2016 referendum, in which a majority of those who voted were in favour of exiting the EU.

[4] The office was abolished on 31 January 2020, during the premiership of Boris Johnson, as the United Kingdom left the European Union.

May reportedly ordered civil servants to find a building to house a new Department for Exiting the European Union, to be headed by the secretary of state.

The inaugural holder was David Davis MP,[4] a longtime Eurosceptic who campaigned for the UK to leave the EU.