Minister of Supply
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The Minister of Supply was the minister in the British Government responsible for the Ministry of Supply, which existed to co-ordinate the supply of equipment to the national armed forces. The position was campaigned for by many sceptics of the foreign policy of the National Government in the 1930s before finally being created in 1939.
In the post-war governments, the Ministry became increasingly unpopular with economy-minded Conservatives, who objected to it as a redundant middle-man. This point of view was shared by Reginald Maudling, who served as the Minister under Anthony Eden and refused to continue in office under Harold Macmillan; unfortunately for Maudling, Macmillan had served in a junior role in the Ministry and believed in it. Nevertheless, he agreed to wind up the Ministry in 1959.
[edit] Minister of Supply 1939-1959
- Leslie Burgin (July 14, 1939 - May 12, 1940)
- Herbert Stanley Morrison (May 12, 1940 - October 3, 1940)
- Sir Andrew Duncan (October 3, 1940 - June 29, 1941)
- Lord Beaverbrook (June 29, 1941 - February 4, 1942)
- Sir Andrew Duncan (February 4, 1942 - July 26, 1945)
- John Wilmot (August 3, 1945 - October 7, 1947)
- George Strauss (October 7, 1947 - October 26, 1951)
- Duncan Sandys (October 31, 1951 - October 18, 1954)
- Selwyn Lloyd (October 18, 1954 - April 7, 1955)
- Reginald Maudling (April 7, 1955 - January 16, 1957)
- Aubrey Jones (January 16, 1957 - October 22, 1959)pl:Ministrowie zaopatrzenia Wielkiej Brytanii
