Rory Stewart

Roderick James Nugent Stewart (born 3 January 1973), known as Rory Stewart, is a British politician. He was the Secretary of State for International Development from May 2019 to July 2019, and was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Penrith and The Border from 2010 through 2019.

The Right Honourable Rory Stewart
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Secretary of State for International Development
In office 1 May 2019 – 24 July 2019
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	Penny Mordaunt
Succeeded by	Alok Sharma
Minister of State for Prisons
In office 9 January 2018 – 1 May 2019
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	Sam Gyimah
Succeeded by	Robert Buckland
Minister of State for Africa
In office 15 June 2017 – 9 January 2018
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	Tobias Ellwood
Succeeded by	Harriett Baldwin
Minister of State for International Development
In office 17 July 2016 – 9 January 2018
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	Sir Desmond Swayne
Succeeded by	Harriett Baldwin
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
In office 12 May 2015 – 17 July 2016
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Dan Rogerson
Succeeded by	Thérèse Coffey
Chair of the Defence Select Committee
In office 14 May 2014 – 12 May 2015
Preceded by	James Arbuthnot
Succeeded by	Julian Lewis
Member of Parliament for Penrith and The Border
In office 6 May 2010 – 6 November 2019
Preceded by	David Maclean
Succeeded by	Neil Hudson
Personal details
Born	Roderick James Nugent Stewart 3 January 1973 (aged 53) Hong Kong
Political party	Independent (2019–present)
Other political affiliations	Conservative (until 2019)
Spouse(s)	Shoshana Clark ​ ​ (m. 2012)​
Children	2
Father	Brian Stewart
Residence	Dufton, Cumbria, England
Education	Eton College
Alma mater	Balliol College, Oxford
Website	www.roryforlondon.co.uk
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Branch/service	United Kingdom Army
Years of service	1991 - 1992
Rank	10px Second Lieutenant (on probation)
Unit	Black Watch

From 2016 to 2018, Stewart was Minister of State at the Department for International Development and Minister of State for Africa, and on 9 January 2018 he was appointed Minister of State for Prisons.

Stewart was a candidate in the 2019 Conservative leadership election.

On 3 October 2019, Stewart announced he had resigned from the Conservative Party and would stand down as an MP at the next general election. He will stand as an independent candidate for Mayor of London in the 2020 election.

Rory Stewart Media

• RoryStewartTalk.jpg

  Photo of Rory Stewart speaking at Google, March 2008. Photo by Devin Murphy (Mukhatir at English Wikipedia).

• Rory Stewart MP (cropped).jpg

  Rory Stewart MP

• Συνάντηση ΑΝΥΠΕΞ, Ν. Ξυδάκη, με τον Βρετανό Υπουργό Επικρατείας για τη Διεθνή Αναπτυξιακή Συνεργασία, Rory Stewart (ΥΠΕΞ, 22.9.2016) (29568248890).jpg

  Stewart pictured with the Greek politician Nikos Xydakis in September 2016

• Official portrait of Rory Stewart crop 3.jpg

  Official parliamentary portrait, 2017

• London Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT) Conference 2018 (37331372894).jpg

  Stewart at the London Illegal Wildlife Trade Conference in 2018