Rishi Sunak is expected to announce the replacement for Ben Wallace shortly
, and will be standing down as an MP at the next general election.
Following the 2019 election, Mr Shapps was appointed Secretary of State for Transport, a role he retained through the Covid-19 pandemic until 2022. He previously chaired the Commons foreign affairs committee, and prior to entering politics served in the Territorial Army during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
In 2011, it was revealed that his close friend and best man at his wedding Adam Werrity had joined him on official visits on 22 occasions and had even claimed to have worked for him.
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