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Vince Cable

The Right Honourable
Sir Vince Cable
Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills.jpg
Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
President of the Board of Trade
In office
12 May 2010 – 11 May 2015
Prime Minister David Cameron
Preceded by The Lord Mandelson
Succeeded by Sajid Javid
Leader of the Liberal Democrats
Acting
In office
15 October 2007 – 18 December 2007
Preceded by Ming Campbell
Succeeded by Nick Clegg
Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats
In office
2 March 2006 – 26 May 2010
Leader Ming Campbell
Nick Clegg
Preceded by Ming Campbell
Succeeded by Simon Hughes
Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson
In office
12 June 2003 – 11 May 2010
Leader Charles Kennedy
Ming Campbell
Nick Clegg
Preceded by Matthew Taylor
Succeeded by Danny Alexander (2015)
Liberal Democrat Trade Spokesperson
In office
9 August 1999 – 12 June 2003
Leader Charles Kennedy
Preceded by David Chidgey
Succeeded by Malcolm Bruce
Member of Parliament
for Twickenham
In office
1 May 1997 – 7 May 2015
Preceded by Toby Jessel
Succeeded by Tania Mathias
Personal details
Born John Vincent Cable
(1943-05-09) 9 May 1943 (age 73)
York, England
Nationality British
Political party Liberal (Before 1965)
Labour (1966–1982)
Social Democrats (1982–1988)
Liberal Democrats (1988–present)
Spouse(s) Olympia Rebelo (1968–2001; her death)
Rachel Smith (2004–present)
Children 3
Alma mater Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
University of Glasgow

Sir John Vincent "Vince" Cable (born 9 May 1943) is a British politician who was the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills from 2010 to 2015 and the Member of Parliament for Twickenham from 1997 until losing his seat in the 2015 election.

Cable studied economics at the University of Cambridge and the University of Glasgow, before becoming an economic advisor to the Government of Kenya between 1966 and 1968 and to the Commonwealth Secretary-General in the 1970s and 1980s. From 1968 to 1974 he lectured in economics at Glasgow University. Later, he served as Chief Economist for Shell from 1995 to 1997. In the 1970s Cable was active in the Labour Party, becoming a Labour Councillor in Glasgow. In 1982 he joined the Social Democratic Party – which later joined with the Liberal Party to form the Liberal Democrats – and he unsuccessfully stood for Parliament in the general elections of 1970, 1983, 1987 and 1992 before being elected as the MP for Twickenham in 1997.


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