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| − | [[Hugo Swire]] MP was appointed | + | [[Hugo Swire]] MP was appointed minister of state at the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]] on 4 September 2012.<ref name="Swire">'[https://www.gov.uk/government/people/hugo-swire Minister of State at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office] GOV.UK, date?, accessed 17 September 2014.</ref> |
| − | Before this, Swire was | + | Before this, Swire was minister of state at the [[Northern Ireland Office]] from 2010 to 2012.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/may/13/full-list-of-new-cabinet-ministers Full list of new cabinet ministers and other government appointments], guardian.co.uk, 13 May 2010.</ref> |
| + | Swire has been the MP for East Devon since 2001. <ref> [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/mr-hugo-swire/1408 Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP] ''www.parliament.uk'', accessed 28 October 2014 </ref> | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Revision as of 16:43, 29 October 2014
Hugo Swire MP was appointed minister of state at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on 4 September 2012.[1] Before this, Swire was minister of state at the Northern Ireland Office from 2010 to 2012.[2] Swire has been the MP for East Devon since 2001. [3]
Background
His previous parliamentary roles have included: Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Theresa May MP in her role as chairman of the Conservative Party in 2003; Opposition Whip between 2003 and 2004; and Shadow Minister for the Arts between 2004 and 2005.[1]
In 2005, Swire secured £30,000 from British American Tobacco for a statue of Sir Walter Raleigh in the East Devon village of East Budleigh.[4]
Connections
- Humphrey Swire - Father.
- Philippa Kidston-Montgomerie - Mother.
- Mark Swire - Brother.
- Sasha Swire - Wife.
- Sir John Nott - Father-in-law.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 'Minister of State at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office GOV.UK, date?, accessed 17 September 2014.
- ↑ Full list of new cabinet ministers and other government appointments, guardian.co.uk, 13 May 2010.
- ↑ Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP www.parliament.uk, accessed 28 October 2014
- ↑ Explorer set to return home..., BBC, 22 February 2005.
