Jeremy Hunt

Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt was born on November 1, 1966, in Kennington, London, the eldest son of Admiral Sir Nicholas Hunt. Educated at Charterhouse and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he read Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) and served as President of the Oxford University Conservative Association.

Before politics, Hunt was a successful entrepreneur, co-founding the educational publisher Hotcourses in 1996, which was later sold for over £30 million. Elected Member of Parliament for South West Surrey in 2005, he was appointed Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport in 2010, overseeing the triumphant London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Hunt served as the longest-serving Secretary of State for Health in British history (2012–2018), and subsequently as Foreign Secretary (2018–2019). In October 2022, amidst acute economic turmoil, Hunt was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, successfully calming international financial markets and delivering fiscal consolidation across two crucial years.