Jo Johnson
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Jo Johnson MP |
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| Minister of State for Universities and Science | |
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Assumed office 11 May 2015 |
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| Prime Minister |
David Cameron Theresa May |
| Sec. of State |
Nicky Morgan Justine Greening |
| Preceded by | Greg Clark (Universities, Science and Cities) |
| Minister of State for the Cabinet Office | |
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In office 15 July 2014 – 11 May 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Greg Clark |
| Succeeded by | TBD |
| Director of the Number 10 Policy Unit | |
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In office 25 April 2013 – 21 May 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Nick Pearce |
| Succeeded by | Camilla Cavendish |
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Member of Parliament for Orpington |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | John Horam |
| Majority | 17,200 (35.2%) |
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Joseph Edmund Johnson 23 December 1971 London, England, UK |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Amelia Gentleman |
| Alma mater |
Balliol College, Oxford INSEAD Université Libre de Bruxelles |
| Religion | Anglicanism |
| Website | Official website |
Joseph Edmund Johnson (born 23 December 1971) is a Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Orpington since the general election in May 2010. From April 2013 to May 2015, he was the Head of the Number 10 Policy Unit, and became Minister of State for the Cabinet Office in July 2014. Following the May 2015 general election, he became the Minister for Universities and Science.
Johnson is the youngest of four children born to former Conservative MEP Stanley Johnson and artist Charlotte Johnson Wahl (née Fawcett), the daughter of Sir James Fawcett, a prominent barrister and president of the European Commission of Human Rights.
He is the younger brother of Boris Johnson, the Foreign Secretary and the former Mayor of London; Rachel, a writer and journalist; and Leo, an entrepreneur and filmmaker.
He began his schooling in Brussels, at the European School in Uccle, before attending The Hall School in Hampstead, London, Ashdown House School in East Sussex, and then Eton College. In 1991, he went to Balliol College, Oxford to read Modern History. He was a Scholar at Balliol, edited Isis, the Oxford University student magazine, and was awarded a First Class degree in both Honour Moderations (June 1992) and Finals (Honour School, June 1994). While at Oxford, he was a member of the Bullingdon Club together with Harry Mount, Nat Rothschild and George Osborne, with whom he remains a close friend.
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