Nick Hurd
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The Honourable Nick Hurd MP |
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| Minister of State for Climate Change and Industry | |
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Assumed office 16 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Sec. of State | Greg Clark |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development | |
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In office 28 November 2015 – 16 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Grant Shapps |
| Succeeded by | James Wharton |
| Minister for Civil Society | |
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In office 15 May 2010 – 14 July 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Angela Smith |
| Succeeded by | Brooks Newmark |
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Member of Parliament for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner Ruislip-Northwood (2005–2010) |
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Assumed office 5 May 2005 |
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| Preceded by | John Wilkinson |
| Majority | 19,060 (38%) |
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13 May 1962 City of Westminster, London, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
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The Lord Hurd of Westwell PC CH CBE (father); The Marquess of Lothian PC QC DL (father-in-law) |
| Alma mater | Exeter College, Oxford |
| Website | www |
Nicholas Richard Hurd (born 13 May 1962) is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner. He was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Charities, Social Enterprise and Volunteering at the Cabinet Office in the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition Government until July 2014. In November 2015, Nick Hurd was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for international development following the resignation of Grant Shapps MP. In July 2016, he was appointed Minister of State with responsibility for Industry and Climate change at the newly created Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
After attending Sunningdale School and Eton College and Exeter College, Oxford (where he was a member of the Bullingdon Club), Hurd ran his own business and represented a British bank in Brazil. In 2002, he set up the Small Business Network to advise the Conservative Party on business policy. More recently, he worked as Chief of Staff to Tim Yeo MP, who at the time was Shadow Secretary of State for Environment and Transport, and in the Conservative Research Department.
The Hon Nick Hurd MP is currently Minister of State for Climate Change and Industry. He was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for International Development from November 2015 following the resignation of Grant Shapps until the reshuffle following the appointment of Theresa May as Prime Minister in July 2016. During the coalition government he was Minister for Civil Society from May 2010 until July 2014, during which time he led the work on setting up the National Citizen Service and Big Society Capital.
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