The Right Honourable George Osborne CH MP |
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First Secretary of State | |
In office 8 May 2015 – 13 July 2016 |
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Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | William Hague |
Succeeded by | Office not in use |
Chancellor of the Exchequer | |
In office 11 May 2010 – 13 July 2016 |
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Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | Alistair Darling |
Succeeded by | Philip Hammond |
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer | |
In office 5 May 2005 – 11 May 2010 |
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Leader |
Michael Howard David Cameron |
Preceded by | Oliver Letwin |
Succeeded by | Alistair Darling |
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury | |
In office 14 June 2004 – 5 May 2005 |
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Leader | Michael Howard |
Preceded by | Howard Flight |
Succeeded by | Philip Hammond |
Member of Parliament for Tatton |
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Assumed office 7 June 2001 |
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Preceded by | Martin Bell |
Majority | 18,241 (40%) |
Personal details | |
Born |
Gideon Oliver Osborne 23 May 1971 London, England, UK |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse(s) | Frances Howell (m. 1998) |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
Religion | Anglicanism |
Website |
Official website Constituency website |
George Gideon Oliver Osborne, CH, PC (born Gideon Oliver Osborne; 23 May 1971) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Tatton since 2001. Under the premiership of David Cameron, from 2010 to 2016, Osborne served as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Osborne worked for The Daily Telegraph before joining the Conservative Research Department and becoming head of its political section. He was a special adviser to Douglas Hogg at the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and worked at 10 Downing Street as well as for Prime Minister John Major's campaign team in the party's unsuccessful 1997 general election campaign before becoming a speechwriter and political secretary to Major's successor as party leader, William Hague.
In 2001, Osborne was elected as MP for Tatton, becoming the youngest Conservative MP in the House of Commons. He was appointed Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury by Conservative leader Michael Howard in 2004. In 2005, he ran David Cameron's successful leadership campaign. Cameron appointed Osborne Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer and, after the 2010 general election, Chancellor in the Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition government.