Damian Green
British Conservative politician
Damian Howard Green (born 17 January 1956)[1] is a British politician. He was First Secretary of State and Minister for the Cabinet Office from June[2] to December 2017 in the Second May government. He is a member of the Conservative Party. He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashford since 1997.
Damian Green | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chair of the One Nation Conservatives Caucus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 24 July 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leader | Boris Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Nicky Morgan & Amber Rudd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Secretary of State | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 11 June 2017 – 20 December 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Theresa May | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | George Osborne[a] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Dominic Raab[b] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister for the Cabinet Office | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 11 June 2017 – 20 December 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Theresa May | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Ben Gummer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | David Lidington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 14 July 2016 – 11 June 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Theresa May | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Stephen Crabb | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | David Gauke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister of State for Policing and Criminal Justice | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 4 September 2012 – 14 July 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | David Cameron | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Nick Herbert | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Mike Penning | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister of State for Immigration | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 13 May 2010 – 4 September 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | David Cameron | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Phil Woolas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Mark Harper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of Parliament for Ashford | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 1 May 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Keith Speed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Majority | 24,029 (40.0%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Damian Howard Green 17 January 1956 Barry, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Conservative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Alicia Collinson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Balliol College, University of Oxford | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Signature |  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| a. ^ Office vacant from 13 July 2016 to 11 June 2017. b. ^ Office vacant from 20 December 2017 to 24 July 2019. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
change- ↑ "Damian Green". BBC News. 21 October 2002. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ↑ "Election 2017: Prime Minister and Cabinet appointments". UK Government. 11 June 2017. Archived from the original on 13 June 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
This short article about a person or group of people can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.