Cabinet profile: George Osborne MP

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