Chloe Smith
Chloe Rebecca Smith (* 17th May 1982 in Ashford , Kent ) is a British politician of the Conservative Party , since a special election in 2009 a member of the House of Commons for the constituency of Norwich North and was in the legislature 2010-2015 youngest member of the British House .
Life
Chloe Smith, who moved to Norfolk with her parents at the age of three and grew up there, studied English literature at the University of York after attending school . In the meantime, she completed a one-year internship with former Minister Gillian Shephard and worked during the semester break in the office of longtime Member of the House of Commons, Bernard Jenkin . After completing her studies, she worked as a management consultant at Deloitte and at the headquarters of the Conservative Party.
In a by-election she was elected to the House of Commons on July 23, 2009 in the constituency of Norwich North and re-elected in the May 6, 2010 general election. With her election she also became the youngest MP in the lower house and 2010 Whip of the conservative faction of the Tories in the lower house.
On October 14, 2011, she succeeded Justine Greening , who became Minister of Transport, as Economic Secretary to the Treasury and thus “Junior Minister”. She currently holds the fifth most important office in the Treasury, after Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne , the Chief Secretary of the Treasury Danny Alexander , the Paymaster General Francis Maude and the Treasury Secretary of the Treasury Mark Hoban , but like Hoban, she is not a member of the Cameron I cabinet . However, her designation met with criticism from several conservative backbenchers and from representatives of the opposition Labor Party because of her youth and her political inexperience in financial and economic issues .
Web links
- Profile: Chloe Smith: 'If you're good enough, you're old enough,' says 27-year-old Conservative MP for Norwich North . In: The Guardian, July 24, 2009
- Philip Hammond and Justine Greening named defense and transport ministers . In: The Guardian of October 14, 2011
Individual evidence
- ↑ David Cameron with lessons to learn from Tory EU referendum revolt . In: The Guardian, October 25, 2011
- ↑ George Osborne's cream turns sour . In: The Guardian, November 1, 2011
- ^ David Cameron's trouble with women makes Theresa May close to unsackable . In: The Guardian of November 11, 2011
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Smith, Chloe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Smith, Chloe Rebecca (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Conservative Party politician, Member of the House of Commons |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 17, 1982 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ashford , Kent , England |