Nicky Morgan
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The Right Honourable Nicky Morgan MP |
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| Secretary of State for Education | |
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In office 15 July 2014 – 14 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Michael Gove |
| Succeeded by | Justine Greening |
| Minister for Women and Equalities | |
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In office 15 July 2014 – 14 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by |
Sajid Javid (Equalities) Herself (Women) |
| Succeeded by | Justine Greening |
| Minister for Women | |
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In office 9 April 2014 – 15 July 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Maria Miller (Women and Equalities) |
| Succeeded by | Herself (Women and Equalities) |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | |
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In office 9 April 2014 – 15 July 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Sajid Javid |
| Succeeded by | David Gauke |
| Economic Secretary to the Treasury | |
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In office 7 October 2013 – 9 April 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Sajid Javid |
| Succeeded by | Andrea Leadsom |
| Member of Parliament for Loughborough |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Andy Reed |
| Majority | 9,183 (17.6%) |
| Personal details | |
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Nicola Ann Griffith 1 October 1972 Kingston upon Thames, London, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Jonathan Morgan |
| Children | 1 son |
| Alma mater | St Hugh's College, Oxford |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Website | Official website |
Nicola Ann "Nicky" Morgan (née Griffith; born 1 October 1972) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Loughborough since 2010 and was the Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities from July 2014 to July 2016. She was removed from these positions on 14 July 2016.
She previously served as Economic Secretary to the Treasury from October 2013 to April 2014 and as Financial Secretary to the Treasury from April to July 2014.
Morgan was born in Kingston upon Thames, London. She grew up in Surbiton and attended Surbiton High School before studying jurisprudence at St Hugh's College, Oxford. She twice stood unsuccessfully for president of the Oxford University Conservative Association, on the second occasion being defeated by Daniel Hannan, later a prominent Conservative Member of the European Parliament. She was also involved in the Oxford Union society. She was elected treasurer, but failed in her bid for its presidency.
She qualified as a solicitor in 1994 and worked as a corporate lawyer at Travers Smith specialising in mergers and acquisitions before taking on an in-house counsel role advising on corporate law matters.
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