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David Cameron
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016
For other people named David Cameron, see David Cameron (disambiguation).
David William Donald Cameron, Baron Cameron of Chipping Norton (born 9 October 1966), is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016. After his premiership, he served as Foreign Secretary in Rishi Sunak’s government from 2023 to 2024. Cameron was Leader of the Conservative Party from 2005 to 2016, and served as Leader of the Opposition from 2005 to 2010. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Witney from 2001 to 2016, and has been a member of the House of Lords since November 2023. Cameron identifies as a one-nation conservative and has been associated with both economically liberal and socially liberal policies.
Born in London to an upper-middle-class family, Cameron was educated at Eton College and Brasenose College, Oxford. After becoming an MP in 2001, he served in the opposition Shadow Cabinet under Conservative leader Michael Howard, and succeeded Howard in 2005. Following the 2010
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The Rt Hon Lord Cameron
David Cameron was educated at Eton College and Brasenose College, Oxford, studying politics, philosophy and economics. After graduating he joined the Conservative research department where he worked for Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her successor John Major. He was later appointed a special adviser in government, first at the Treasury and then at the Home Office, before joining the media company Carlton Communications, where he worked for seven years, serving on the management board.
He became MP for Witney in 2001 and within four years he was elected as Conservative Party Leader seeking to remodel the Conservative party with a new and distinct agenda.
Following the 2010 general election, David Cameron became Prime Minister on 11 May 2010, forming a coalition government between the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats.
The 2010 election occurred during the ongoing aftermath of the global financial crisis. In response, the coalition government embarked on a programme of public spending restraint, which successfully reduced the budget def
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Family of David Cameron
Relatives of former Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary of the UK David Cameron
Relatives of the former UK Prime Minister and former Foreign Secretary, David Cameron, feature throughout the law, politics and finance as well as being connected with the British aristocracy.
Immediate family
The younger son of stockbroker Ian Donald Cameron (12 October 1932 – 8 September 2010),[1][2] his mother Mary Fleur (22 October 1934 – 2 February 2025),[3] a Justice of the Peace,[4] was the second daughter of Sir William Mount.[5][6]
His father, Ian Cameron, was born with both legs deformed and underwent repeated operations to correct them. Cameron's parents were married in 1962.[4] Born in London (although sometimes incorrectly reported as being born at Blairmore House near Huntly, Aberdeenshire), his father was brought up at Peasemore, Berkshire,[7] and died near Toulon in France on 8 September 2010.[8] Ian's paternal grandmother was Rachel Margaret Geddes, who
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