Jonathan Djanogly MP |
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice | |
In office 6 May 2010 – 4 September 2012 |
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Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | William Bach |
Succeeded by | Helen Grant |
Member of Parliament for Huntingdon |
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Assumed office 7 June 2001 |
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Preceded by | John Major |
Majority | 19,404 (34.7%) |
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Jonathan Simon Djanogly 3 June 1965 Hammersmith, England |
Nationality | British |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse(s) | Rebecca Jane Silk |
Alma mater | Oxford Polytechnic |
Profession | Solicitor |
Religion | Judaism |
Website | Official website |
Jonathan Simon Djanogly (born 3 June 1965) is a British politician, solicitor and Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Huntingdon. Djanogly has been Trade and Industry Spokesman shadowing the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, Shadow Solicitor General for England and Wales and was the Parliamentary Under-secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice from 2010–12.
Djanogly was born in London to a British Jewish family, the son of textile manufacturer Sir Harry Djanogly and Lady Djanogly.
Djanogly was educated at University College School, an independent school for boys in Hampstead in North London, followed by Oxford Polytechnic in Oxford, where he was elected chairman of the Conservative Association in 1987, and he earned a Bachelor of Arts in law and politics in 1987. He took his law finals at the College of Law, Guildford, in 1988.