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==Background==
 
==Background==
Sorene was previously deputy director of communications and head of news at UK [[Department of Health]] for four years (2007-11) and deputy head of news at the [[Home Office]] (2000-2007). <ref> [http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/james-sorene/58/1a4/49 James Sorene], ''LinkedIn'', undated, accessed 7 October 2014 </ref> Previous jobs also include, 2006 assistant director, news and strategy at the Home Office, press officer at the Home Office and head of public affairs at the Embassy of Israel. <ref name= "Sorene"> Matt Cartmell [http://www.prweek.com/article/1094004/james-sorene-mixing-fun-politics James Sorene: Mixing fun with politics] ''PR Week'', 22 September 2011, accessed 15 October 2014 </ref>
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Sorene previously worked as the deputy director of communications and head of news at UK [[Department of Health]] for four years (2007-11) and deputy head of news at the [[Home Office]] (2000-2007). <ref> [http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/james-sorene/58/1a4/49 James Sorene], ''LinkedIn'', undated, accessed 7 October 2014 </ref>  
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Previous jobs also include, 2006 assistant director, news and strategy at the Home Office, press officer at the Home Office and head of public affairs at the Embassy of Israel. <ref name= "Sorene"> Matt Cartmell [http://www.prweek.com/article/1094004/james-sorene-mixing-fun-politics James Sorene: Mixing fun with politics] ''PR Week'', 22 September 2011, accessed 15 October 2014 </ref>
  
 
==Education==
 
==Education==
Sorene has a law degree from Queen Mary [[University of London]] and a masters degree from the [[School of Oriental and African Studies]] on the politics and history of the Middle East.  His details his areas of expertise as 'Islamic extremism, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Middle East peace process, history and politics of Egypt and Syria. His Masters thesis (1997) was on 'the history of Jerusalem and its use as a tool in Israeli politics'.  
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Sorene has a law degree from Queen Mary's [[University of London]] and a masters degree from the [[School of Oriental and African Studies]] on the politics and history of the Middle East.  His details his areas of expertise as 'Islamic extremism, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Middle East peace process, history and politics of Egypt and Syria. His Masters thesis (1997) was on 'the history of Jerusalem and its use as a tool in Israeli politics'.  
  
 
==CV==
 
==CV==

Revision as of 11:33, 31 October 2014

James Sorene was appointed as head of communications and official spokesman for the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg in January 2011. [1]

Background

Sorene previously worked as the deputy director of communications and head of news at UK Department of Health for four years (2007-11) and deputy head of news at the Home Office (2000-2007). [2] Previous jobs also include, 2006 assistant director, news and strategy at the Home Office, press officer at the Home Office and head of public affairs at the Embassy of Israel. [3]

Education

Sorene has a law degree from Queen Mary's University of London and a masters degree from the School of Oriental and African Studies on the politics and history of the Middle East. His details his areas of expertise as 'Islamic extremism, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Middle East peace process, history and politics of Egypt and Syria. His Masters thesis (1997) was on 'the history of Jerusalem and its use as a tool in Israeli politics'.

CV

  • 2011 Head of communications and official spokesman for the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, Cabinet Office
  • 2008 Head of news, Department of Health
  • 2007 Deputy head of news, Department of Health
  • 2006 Deputy head of news, Home Office
  • 2005 Assistant director, news and strategy, Home Office
  • 2002 Senior press officer, crime and drugs, Home Office
  • 2000 Press officer, Home Office
  • 1997 Head of public affairs, Embassy of Israel [3]

Notes

  1. Deputy Prime Minister's press office, GOV.UK, accessed 18 September 2014.
  2. James Sorene, LinkedIn, undated, accessed 7 October 2014
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matt Cartmell James Sorene: Mixing fun with politics PR Week, 22 September 2011, accessed 15 October 2014