Justine Greening (born 30 April 1969) is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Education from 2016 to 2018 and as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Putney from 2005 to 2019.
First elected as a Conservative MP, Greening had the Conservative whip removed on 3 September 2019 and sat as an independent MP after that.
Greening served in the Cameron Government as Economic Secretary to the Treasury and Secretary of State for Transport, prior to being appointed Secretary of State for International Development in September 2012.
From 14 July 2016 to 8 January 2018, she served as Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities in the May Government.
She resigned as Education Secretary in the January 2018 Cabinet reshuffle.
On 3 September 2019, Greening announced she would not be standing as a Conservative at the next general election and subsequently had the "whip" withdrawn.