Michael Gove
Michael Andrew Gove (born 26 August 1967) is an British politician who is currently Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities since 25 October 2022. In July 2019, he became the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster for the Boris Johnson administration. In February 2020, he became the Minister for the Cabinet Office.
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Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities[a] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 25 October 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Simon Clarke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 15 September 2021 – 6 July 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Robert Jenrick | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Greg Clark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minister for Intergovernmental Relations | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 25 October 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Nadhim Zahawi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 18 September 2021 – 6 July 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Office established | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Nadhim Zahawi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Member of Parliament for Surrey Heath | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 5 May 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Nick Hawkins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Majority | 18,349 (31.3%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Graeme Andrew Logan 26 August 1967 Aberdeen, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Conservative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other political affiliations | Labour (1983) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse(s) | Sarah Vine (m. 2001; sep. 2021) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | Robert Gordon's College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford (BA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | michaelgove | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
He was the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2017 to 2019 for the Theresa May ministry. He was the Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, and was the Secretary of State for Education from 12 May 2010 to 15 July 2014. He is the Member of Parliament for the Surrey Heath constituency in the United Kingdom. He was first elected in the 2005 general election.
He is a member of the Conservative Party. He was one of the candidates in the 2016 Conservative leadership election. After becoming Prime Minister, Theresa May fired Gove from the Cabinet.[3] However, in 2017 she brought him back and made him the Environment Secretary.
He grew up in Aberdeen.[4] He studied English at Lady Margaret Hall at Oxford University. Gove is married to Sarah Vine, a writer for The Times.[5] They have a daughter and son. He belongs to the Church of England[6]
On 26 May 2019, Gove announced his campaign to run for Leader of the Conservative Party in the 2019 election.[7] He narrowly lost in third place on the fifth ballot and was eliminated on 20 June.
In July 2022, Gove was fired from the Johnson cabinet by Prime Minister Boris Johnson after Gove told him it would be best for Johnson to resign as Prime Minister.
Personal life
Gove is a Queens Park Rangers F.C supporter.
Michael Gove Media
Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, where Gove studied (pictured in 2017)
Pro-European Union protesters waving two banners depicting Gove (left) and UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage (right)
Gove addressing a dinner audience on 15 July 2016, the day after his dismissal as Secretary of State for Justice
Gove with Fergus Ewing, the Scottish government's Rural Economy Secretary, in February 2019
Bibliography
- Michael Portillo: The Future of the Right (1995) ISBN 1-85702-335-8
- The Price of Peace (2000) ISBN 1-903219-15-9
- A Blue Tomorrow – New Visions for Modern Conservatives (2001) (ed. with Edward Vaizey and Nicholas Boles) ISBN 1-84275-027-5
- Celsius 7/7 (2006) ISBN 0-297-85146-2
References
- ↑ "Ambitious plans to drive levelling up agenda". Press release. 19 September 2021. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ambitious-plans-to-drive-levelling-up-agenda. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- ↑ "Michael Gove". Start the Week.
- ↑ Theresa May's cabinet: Who's in and who's out?. BBC News. 14 July 2016. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-36785814. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
- ↑ "Teenage Michael Gove supported Labour" Archived 2010-05-24 at the Wayback Machine The Telegraph, 16 May 2010
- ↑ "Michael Gove". The Conservative Party. Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
- ↑ "While Blair converts to Catholicism, only 8 ministers say they believe in God". Daily Mail (London). 22 December 2007. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-504229/While-Blair-converts-Catholicism-8-Ministers-say-believe-God.html. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
- ↑ "Tory leadership: Gove becomes eighth candidate to enter race". BBC. Retrieved 26 May 2019.