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'''Hugo George William Swire''' (born 30 November 1959) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician. He has been the [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[East Devon (UK Parliament constituency)|East Devon]] since [[United Kingdom general election, 2001|2001]]. He is currently a [[Minister of State]] for [[Northern Ireland]] in the current Government.<ref>http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/topstorynews/2010/05/her-majestys-government-49840</ref>
'''Hugo George William Swire''' (born 30 November 1959) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician. He has been the [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[East Devon (UK Parliament constituency)|East Devon]] since [[United Kingdom general election, 2001|2001]]. He is currently a [[Minister of State]] for the [[Foreign Office]] in the current Government.<ref>http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/topstorynews/2010/05/her-majestys-government-49840</ref>


==Education==
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Revision as of 08:07, 7 September 2012

The Right Honourable
Hugo Swire

MP
Minister of State for the Foreign Office
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 September 2012
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byJeremy Browne
Minister of State for Northern Ireland
In office
13 May 2010 – 4 September 2012
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Succeeded byMike Penning
Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Shadow Minister for the Olympics (from 2005)
In office
8 December 2005 – 2 July 2007
LeaderDavid Cameron
Preceded byTheresa May
Succeeded byJeremy Hunt
Member of Parliament
for East Devon
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 June 2001
Preceded byPeter Emery
Majority9,114 (17.2%)
Personal details
Born (1959-11-30) 30 November 1959 (age 64)
London, England
Political partyConservative
SpouseAlexandra "Sasha" Nott (1996 - present)
Alma materUniversity of St Andrews
Websitewww.hugoswire.org.uk

Hugo George William Swire (born 30 November 1959) is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Devon since 2001. He is currently a Minister of State for the Foreign Office in the current Government.[1]

Education

He was educated at St. Aubyns Preparatory School in Rottingdean and Eton, and attended the University of St Andrews before going to the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst.

Career

Before his career as a politician, he was a member of the Army, serving with the Grenadier Guards.

He was a financial consultant for Streets Financial Ltd, then became of Head of Development for the National Gallery, then Director of the auction house Sotheby's directly before his election from 1996.[2]

Swire was non-executive chairman of Photo-Me International[3] prior to joining the Government.

Member of Parliament

He contested Greenock & Inverclyde in 1997. Two years after his election to Parliament, he became an Opposition whip. In 2004, he was promoted to become Shadow Culture Minister. He joined the Shadow Cabinet on 8 December 2005, when new leader David Cameron appointed him Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.

Swire was sacked in the July 2007 Conservative re-shuffle for suggesting his party would scrap free museum entry.[4][5][6] Swire returned to the backbenches and amongst other roles became Hon. Secretary of the Conservative Middle East Council.

In May 2010 he was appointed Minister of State for Northern Ireland in the newly elected Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government headed by Prime Minister David Cameron.[7]

In October 2011, Swire, and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Owen Paterson, boycotted a meeting of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly held at the Grand Hotel, Brighton, as the hotel had been the scene of the 1984 IRA attack on the Conservative party leadership.[8]

In December 2011, Swire criticised a government agency, the Rural Payments Agency, based at Clyst St Mary in his East Devon constituency, for allegedly banning Christmas decorations from their offices.[9]

Personal life

Swire married Alexandra (Sasha) Nott, the daughter of John Nott former Conservative Secretary of State for Defence during the Falklands War, in December 1996 in Kensington. The couple have two daughters (born June 1997 and August 2001). His brothers-in-law include Joe Strummer and Julian Nott.

References

  1. ^ http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/topstorynews/2010/05/her-majestys-government-49840
  2. ^ "Hugo Swire". BBC. 17 October 2002. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
  3. ^ "Hugo Swire MP clicks as new head of Photo-Me". London: BBC. 13 July 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  4. ^ "Shadow Cabinet: Who's Who". BBC. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  5. ^ Jones, George; Carlin, Brendan (29 June 2007). "Etonians face axe in shadow Cabinet shake-up". London: BBC. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  6. ^ "We'll let museums charge admission again, say Tories". BBC. 17 June 2007. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  7. ^ . British Prime Minister's Office. 13 May 2010 http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/latest-news/2010/05/her-majestys-government-49840. Retrieved 13 May 2010. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ^ "Ministers boycott Irish summit". Daily Mail. 25 October 2011.
  9. ^ "Scrooge civil service bosses ban Christmas decorations". Daily Mail. 22 December 2011.

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