Sam Gyimah
Sam Gyimah | |
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Childcare and Education | |
Assumed office 12 May 2015 | |
Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | Edward Timpson |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Cabinet Office | |
In office 14 July 2014 – 12 May 2015 | |
Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | ??? |
Succeeded by | John Penrose |
Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury | |
In office 7 October 2013 – 14 July 2014 | |
Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | Desmond Swayne |
Succeeded by | Harriett Baldwin |
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister | |
In office 4 September 2012 – 7 October 2013 | |
Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | Desmond Swayne |
Succeeded by | Gavin Williamson |
Member of Parliament for East Surrey | |
Assumed office 6 May 2010 | |
Preceded by | Peter Ainsworth |
Majority | 22,658(40.4%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Beaconsfield, United Kingdom | 10 August 1976
Political party | Conservative |
Alma mater | Somerville College, Oxford |
Website | Official website |
Samuel Phillip Gyimah (born 10 August 1976)[1] is a British Conservative Party politician. He was elected as the Member of Parliament for East Surrey at the 2010 general election.[2]
In July 2014, after serving as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister and a government whip, Gyimah was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Childcare and Education [3] as well as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State with particular focus upon the constitution.[4] Following the general election in May 2015, Gyimah was reappointed to the education brief.[5]
Early life
Gyimah was born in Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire, in Southern England. He was educated at Achimota School in Ghana and later Freman College,[6] a state school in Hertfordshire, followed by Somerville College at the University of Oxford, where he read Politics, Philosophy and Economics, and where he was elected President of the Oxford Union.[1]
Life and career
On graduation, Gyimah joined Goldman Sachs as an investment banker, leaving the company in 2003 to set up his own businesses in the recruitment and internet sectors.[1] In 2005, he was awarded the Real Business/CBI Entrepreneur of the Future award.[7]
Parliamentary career
In September 2005 Gyimah edited a report by the Bow Group, a Conservative think tank, entitled From the Ashes: the future of the Conservative Party.[8] He was subsequently elected chairman of the Bow Group from 2006 to 2007.[1][9] Gyimah stood unsuccessfully for election in Kilburn ward in the Camden Council election, 2006.[10]
In December 2009, Gyimah placed third in the Gosport primary election to succeed Peter Viggers, losing to Caroline Dinenage.
Elected as the MP for East Surrey at the 2010 general election,[2] Gyimah made his maiden speech on 29 July 2010.[11] Gyimah has previously been a member of the International Development Select Committee, having stated an interest in harnessing the private sector towards achieving international development goals.[12] Gyimah has also been active in debates on education and employment, as well as a number of local campaigns to protect the greenbelt in Surrey.[12]
In 2011 Gyimah produced a report with think-tank NESTA, Beyond the Banks, in support of non-bank alternatives for businesses seeking finance. He was the first MP to call for credit easing as a means of accelerating Britain's economic recovery.[13]
Gyimah was appointed as a Government Whip in October 2013, having previously been Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Prime Minister since the 2012 reshuffle.[14]
Gyimah supported the UK Remaining in the European Union in the 2016 EU referendum.
Personal life
Gyimah has been a volunteer and fundraiser for Crisis, the Down's Syndrome Association and St. Catherine's Hospice in Surrey. He has served as school governor of an inner London school, on the board of a housing association and on the development board of Somerville College. He is a Vice-President of Young Epilepsy (formerly the National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy (NCYPE) in Lingfield.[1] Gyimah is married to Dr Nicky Black, a New Zealander with whom he has one son.[15]
References
- ^ a b c d e http://www.samgyimah.com/about/sam's-background
- ^ a b http://www.samgyimah.com/about/sam-in-parliament
- ^ https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/parliamentary-under-secretary-of-state--43
- ^ https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/parliamentary-secretary-minister-for-the-constitution
- ^ https://www.gov.uk/government/news/her-majestys-government-12-may-20153
- ^ Sam Gyimah. "Sam Gyimah – Sam's Background". Retrieved 24 October 2012.
- ^ http://uk.linkedin.com/in/samgyimah
- ^ Bow Group Annual Report, 2005–2006
- ^ Bow Group Spring 2010 newsletter
- ^ 2006 Camden election result "Local Elections: Camden". BBC. 5 May 2006. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
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- ^ a b http://www.conservatives.com/People/Members_of_Parliament/Gyimah__Samuel
- ^ http://www.spectator.co.uk/business-and-investments/blog/7286703/why-osborne-is-right.thtml
- ^ "http://www.samgyimah.com/about/sam-in-parliament".
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External links
- Sam Gyimah MP official constituency website
- Sam Gyimah on Twitter
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard 1803–2005
- Voting record at Public Whip
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
- 1976 births
- Alumni of Achimota School
- Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford
- Black British politicians
- Conservative Party (UK) MPs
- English people of Ghanaian descent
- Living people
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- Parliamentary Private Secretaries to the Prime Minister
- People from Beaconsfield
- Politics of Surrey
- Presidents of the Oxford Union
- UK MPs 2010–15
- UK MPs 2015–20