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Prime Minister David Cameron

The Right Honourable
David Cameron
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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
In office
11 May 2010 – 13 July 2016
Monarch Elizabeth II
Deputy Nick Clegg (2010–15)
Preceded by Gordon Brown
Succeeded by Theresa May
Leader of the Opposition
In office
6 December 2005 – 11 May 2010
Monarch Elizabeth II
Prime Minister
Preceded by Michael Howard
Succeeded by Harriet Harman
Leader of the Conservative Party
In office
6 December 2005 – 11 July 2016
Preceded by Michael Howard
Succeeded by Theresa May
Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Skills
In office
6 May 2005 – 6 December 2005
Leader Michael Howard
Shadowing Ruth Kelly
Preceded by Tim Collins
Succeeded by David Willetts
Conservative Policy Review Coordinator
In office
15 March 2004 – 6 May 2005
Leader Michael Howard
Preceded by David Willetts
Succeeded by Oliver Letwin (Review Chair)
Member of Parliament
for Witney
In office
7 June 2001 – 12 September 2016
Preceded by Shaun Woodward
Succeeded by Robert Courts
Personal details
Born David William Donald Cameron
(1966-10-09) 9 October 1966 (age 50)
Marylebone, London, England
Political party Conservative
Spouse(s) Samantha Sheffield (m. 1996)
Children 4
Parents
  • Fleur Mount
Alma mater Brasenose College, Oxford
Religion Church of England
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David William Donald Cameron (/ˈkæmrən, -mərən/; born 9 October 1966) is a British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016. He served as the Leader of the Conservative Party from 2005 to 2016 and was Member of Parliament for Witney from 2001 to 2016. Cameron identifies as a One-Nation Conservative, and has been associated with both economically liberal and socially liberal policies.

Born in London to wealthy upper middle-class parents, Cameron was educated at Heatherdown School, Eton College, and Brasenose College, Oxford. From 1988 to 1993 he worked at the Conservative Research Department, assisting the Conservative Prime Minister John Major, before leaving politics to work for Carlton Communications in 1994. Becoming an MP in 2001, he served in the opposition shadow cabinet under Conservative leader Michael Howard, succeeding Howard in 2005. Cameron sought to rebrand the Conservatives, embracing an increasingly socially liberal position. The 2010 general election led to Cameron becoming Prime Minister as the head of a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats. His premiership was marked by the ongoing effects of the late-2000s financial crisis; these involved a large deficit in government finances that his government sought to reduce through austerity measures. His administration introduced large-scale changes to welfare, immigration policy, education, and healthcare. It privatised the Royal Mail and some other state assets, and legalised same-sex marriage.


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