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[[Hugo Swire]] 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, accessed 17 September 2014.</ref> | [[Hugo Swire]] 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, accessed 17 September 2014.</ref> | ||
| − | + | Previous to this, Swire was a Minister of State at the [[Northern Ireland Office]].<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> | |
==History== | ==History== | ||
Revision as of 08:31, 18 September 2014
Hugo Swire Hugo Swire MP was appointed Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on 4 September 2012.[1] Previous to this, Swire was a Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office.[2]
History
His previous parliamentary roles have included: Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Rt Hon 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.[3]
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, accessed 17 September 2014.
- ↑ Full list of new cabinet ministers and other government appointments, guardian.co.uk, 13 May 2010.
- ↑ Explorer set to return home..., BBC, 22 February 2005.
