Greg Hands
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The Right Honourable Greg Hands MP |
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| Minister of State for Trade and Investment | |
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Assumed office 15 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Sec. of State | Liam Fox |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Chief Secretary to the Treasury | |
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In office 11 May 2015 – 14 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Chancellor | George Osborne |
| Preceded by | Danny Alexander |
| Succeeded by | David Gauke |
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Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Commons Treasurer of the Household |
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In office 7 October 2013 – 11 May 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | John Randall |
| Succeeded by | Anne Milton |
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Member of Parliament for Chelsea and Fulham Hammersmith and Fulham (2005–2010) |
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Assumed office 5 May 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Iain Coleman |
| Majority | 16,722 (42%) |
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14 November 1965 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Irina Hundt |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Robinson College, Cambridge |
| Religion | Romanian Orthodoxy |
Gregory William Hands (born 14 November 1965) is an American-born British Conservative Party politician and was Chief Secretary to the Treasury in the Conservative Government.
He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chelsea and Fulham, elected in 2010 in the newly created constituency formed with the splitting of the former constituencies of Kensington and Chelsea as well as Hammersmith and Fulham. Previously, Hands represented the constituency from 2005–2010, when it was the Hammersmith and Fulham constituency.
Hands was born in New York City, and completed his secondary education at Dr Challoner's Grammar School, Amersham in 1984. He went on to attend Robinson College, Cambridge, where he was awarded a first in modern history in 1989. He joined the Conservative party as a student, served as the chairman of the Cambridge University Conservative Association and was on the executive committee of the Cambridge University Students' Union.
During his gap year he worked in a swimming pool in Berlin, and became interested in the Eastern Bloc, visiting Prague and other Eastern European cities on future holidays. He worked on trading floors in the City of London and New York City until 1997. He has dual American/British nationality.
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