Mark Harper
Mark James Harper (born 26 February 1970) is British politician who is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Forest of Dean and currently the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Cabinet Office, with ministerial responsibility for Political and Constitutional Reform.[1]
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Early life and education
Harper was born in Swindon, Wiltshire, he was educated at the Headlands Comprehensive School and Swindon College. He then studied philosophy, politics and economics at Brasenose College, Oxford, where like David Cameron he studied under Professor Vernon Bogdanor.[2]
On graduation in 1991 he joined KPMG as an auditor. After qualifying as a chartered accountant, in 1995 he joined Intel Corporation as a senior financial analyst, becoming the finance manager in 1997, and operations manager from 2000. In 2002 he left Intel to set up his own accountancy practice.
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A noted Euro-sceptic, Harper is a strong supporter of Israel and is a member of Conservative Friends of Israel.
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Publications
Contact
- Address: 53 High Street, Cinderford GL14 2SU United Kingdom
- Parliamentary address: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA
- Phone:020 7219 5056
- Fax 020 7219 0937
Email: mark.harper.mp@parliament.uk Website: http://www.markharper.org/
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Notes
- ↑ http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/government-business/government-ministers-responsibilities.aspx/
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