Chancellor of the Exchequer
Conservative, Tatton, North West
Date of birth: 23 May 1971
Parents: Sir Peter George Osborne Bt, founder and chairman Osborne and Little plc, and Felicity Alexandra Osborne, née Loxton-Peacock
Educated: St Paul's School, London; Davidson College, North Carolina USA (Dean Rusk Scholarship) 1990; Magdalen College, Oxford (Scholarship, BA modern history 1993, MA)
Married: Frances Victoria Howell, 1998
Children: One son and one daughter
Hobbies: Cinema, theatre, walking, observing American politics
Languages: French
Electoral history
Member for Tatton 2001-10, for Tatton (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010 general election
Commons Career
Opposition Whip 2003
Shadow: minister for economic affairs 2003-04; chief scretary of the Treasury 2004-05; chancellor of the Exchequer 2005-10
Chancellor of the Exchequer 2010 to present
Commons select committees
Public Accounts 2001-04; Transport 2002-03
Party posts
General election campaign co-ordinator 2007 to present
International bodies
Governor European Investment Bank 2010 to present
Current posts
Chancellor of the Exchequer 2010 to present
Non-political career
Freelance journalist Sunday and Daily Telegraph 1993; head of political section Conservative Research Department 1994-95; special adviser Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1995-97; Political Office, 10 Downing Street 1997; secretary Shadow Cabinet 1997-2001; political secretary to William Hague MP as leader of the opposition 1997-2001
Other organisations
Vice-president, East Cheshire Hospice; Panellist Atlantic Partnership; honorary president, British Youth Council
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