Mark Hoban ACA |
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Minister of State for Employment | |
In office 4 September 2012 – 7 October 2013 |
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Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | Chris Grayling |
Succeeded by | Esther McVey |
Financial Secretary to the Treasury City Minister |
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In office 13 May 2010 – 4 September 2012 |
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Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by |
Stephen Timms (as Financial Secretary to the Treasury) The Lord Myners (as City Minister) |
Succeeded by | Greg Clark |
Member of Parliament for Fareham |
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In office 7 June 2001 – 30 March 2015 |
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Preceded by | Peter Lloyd |
Succeeded by | Suella Fernandes |
Personal details | |
Born |
Peterlee, County Durham, England |
31 March 1964
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse(s) | Fiona Jane Barrett |
Alma mater | London School of Economics |
Website | Official website |
Mark Gerard Hoban (born 31 March 1964) is a British Conservative Party politician and a former Minister of State for Work and Pensions.
Hoban was born in Peterlee and was educated at St Leonard's Catholic School in Durham. He graduated from the London School of Economics where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics in 1985.
He joined PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1985 as a financial analyst, becoming a chartered account manager in 1990, and was appointed as a senior manager in 1992 until his election to parliament.
Hoban joined the Conservative Party in 1980, and in 1989 was elected as the treasurer of the Southampton Itchen Conservative Association, serving until he was elected as the Association's vice chairman for two years in 1991.
He was the campaign manager for the local sitting Conservative MP Christopher Chope at both the 1987 and 1992 general elections.
He contested the Tyneside seat of South Shields at the 1997 general election, finishing in second place, 22,153 votes behind the sitting Labour MP, David Clark.