David Willetts
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The Right Honourable The Lord Willetts PC |
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| Minister of State for Universities and Science | |
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In office 11 May 2010 – 14 July 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by |
The Lord Drayson (Science and Innovation) David Lammy (Innovation, Universities and Skills) |
| Succeeded by | Greg Clark (Universities, Science and Cities) |
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Shadow Minister for Universities and Skills Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills (2007–2009) |
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In office 2 July 2007 – 11 May 2010 |
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| Leader | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Skills | |
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In office 8 December 2005 – 2 July 2007 |
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| Leader | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | David Cameron |
| Succeeded by | Michael Gove (Children, Schools and Families) |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry | |
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In office 6 May 2005 – 8 December 2005 |
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| Leader | Michael Howard |
| Preceded by |
James Arbuthnot (Trade) Stephen O'Brien (Industry) |
| Succeeded by | Alan Duncan |
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Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Social Security (1999–2001) |
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In office 15 June 1999 – 6 May 2005 |
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| Leader |
William Hague Iain Duncan Smith Michael Howard |
| Preceded by | Iain Duncan Smith |
| Succeeded by | Malcolm Rifkind |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Employment | |
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In office 1 June 1998 – 15 June 1999 |
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| Leader | William Hague |
| Preceded by | Stephen Dorrell |
| Succeeded by | Theresa May |
| Paymaster General | |
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In office 20 July 1996 – 21 November 1996 |
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| Leader | John Major |
| Preceded by | David Heathcoat-Amory |
| Succeeded by | Michael Bates |
| Member of Parliament for Havant | |
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In office 9 April 1992 – 30 March 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Ian Lloyd |
| Succeeded by | Alan Mak |
| Personal details | |
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David Linsay Willetts 9 March 1956 Birmingham, England, UK |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah Butterfield |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
David Linsay Willetts, Baron Willetts, PC (born 9 March 1956) is an English Conservative Party politician and Visiting Professor at King's College London. From 1992 to 2015, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the constituency of Havant in Hampshire. He was the Minister of State for Universities and Science from 2010 until July 2014. Willetts became a member of the House of Lords in 2015.
Willetts was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, and Christ Church, Oxford, where he studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics. Willetts graduated with a first class degree.
Having served as Nigel Lawson's private researcher, Willetts took charge of the Treasury monetary policy division at 26 before moving over to Margaret Thatcher's Policy Unit at 28. Aged 31, he subsequently took over the Centre for Policy Studies.
Paul Foot wrote in the Private Eye that in a 1993 document called The Opportunities for Private Funding in the NHS, published by the Social Market Foundation and financed by private healthcare company BUPA, Willetts provided the "intellectual thrust" for private finance initiatives (PFIs) in the National Health Service.
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