David Cameron: photo, biography

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David Cameron is the current Prime Minister of Great Britain and has been the leader of the Conservative Party since 2005. From 1994-2001, he served as Director of Corporate Communications for a well-known broadcaster called Carlton Communications. It is also worth noting that from 1992 to 1994, David Cameron was a special adviser to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In addition, he was an adviser to the UK Treasury.

The British Prime Minister is 1.85 meters tall

Youth

David Cameron was born in 1966 on October 9th in London. His father, whose name is Ian Donald Cameron, is a direct descendant of King William IV of England, and is also known in business circles as a major stockbroker. It is worth noting that among the close relatives of the current prime minister, there are a fairly large number of various influential financiers.

David's mother was the daughter of a baronet, and several of her great-grandfathers and grandfathers held Tory parliamentary posts. It is worth noting that David Cameron lived in the counties of Kensington and Chelsea for the first few years of his life, but over time, he moved with his parents to a small village undercalled Pismore, which is located next to Newsbury.

Education

During the first years of his life, David Cameron (whose photo was shown above) went to the fairly prestigious Hatherdown Preparatory School, located in Winkfield. It is noteworthy that the sons of the current Queen Elizabeth II, as well as many children of British billionaires, studied at the same school. For example, Peter Getty, classmate and fairly close friend of the British Prime Minister, is the son of the famous oil businessman John Paul Getty.

Following family tradition, in 1979 David Cameron (photo 2 at the university) decided to enter the elite Eton College. At the same time, in 1983, before he had to take his first final exams, he was convicted of smoking marijuana. However, he confessed to the deed, and since he was not involved in the distribution of drugs among other students, he was not expelled, but was forbidden to leave the college for a certain time.

British Prime Minister David Cameron may have been using hard drugs before his political career began, but these rumors are unconfirmed.

Despite the incident, David managed to pass his exams well enough that he entered Oxford University's Braiznose College, although he did not do well in philosophy when passing the entrance exams. Before starting his studies at Oxford, British Prime Minister David Cameron managed to work for nine months, three ofwhom he worked as assistant to his godfather (who was then a member of parliament from the Conservative Party), and also took part in debates in the House of Commons. Then for three months David lived and worked in Hong Kong for Jardine Matheson. He returned from Hong Kong using rail transport, as a result of which he managed to visit Y alta and Moscow, where, according to him, he was offered to become an agent of the KGB of the USSR.

Further education

At Braiznose, he studied for a Bachelor of Arts, taking an interdisciplinary course in politics, economics and philosophy. It is worth noting the fact that the teachers spoke of David as one of the best students. During his studies, Cameron was a member of the university tennis team, and was also an ordinary member of various closed elite Oxford clubs. In 1988, he received a diploma of the first degree.

Career start

September 26, 1988 David Cameron appears on the political scene in England. Politics for him began with the research department, in which he was engaged in the detailed development of the strategy of his party, as well as the formation of all kinds of briefings for debates in parliament. From 1991, Cameron was offered a post in the political branch of the research department, and subsequently he was directly involved in developing an economic strategy for his party, as well as writing speeches for Prime Minister Major, which he used during the 1992 election, but Major himself spoke afterwards,that he did not remember the young assistant.

After the Conservatives won the 1992 election, David Cameron began working for the Chancellor of the Exchequer, serving as his political adviser. The crisis that arose at that time led to a significant increase in taxes in the country, as well as a host of other negative consequences in the economy. It was the Chancellor of the Exchequer who was then given full responsibility for these events, as a result of which he resigned, while Cameron, retaining party confidence, received the position of special adviser, working in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, where he was engaged in briefings of the minister, who became the future leader of the Conservative Party.

Break

Next, we will look at the political break that David Cameron took (biography briefly describes these events). In 1994, he left the position of special adviser and began working as director of corporate relations at the well-known company Carlton Communications, which at that time had just acquired broadcasting rights in London. He received this position with the help of his fiancee Samantha Gwendolyn. The fact is that the mother of the bride personally knew the chairman of this company, as a result of which, at the request of her daughter, she offered him to hire Cameron. In the course of his work, the future prime minister was able to grant the company the rights to digital satellite broadcasting, and was also directly involved in the executive board. Subsequently, Green, who serves as chairman of the company, said that Cameron was a worthy candidate for the board of directors, but insteaddecided to participate in the parliamentary elections.

Career in Parliament

It is worth noting the fact that before 2001 the name "David Cameron" could also be on the list of candidates for parliament. The biography says that he tried to apply for participation in the elections in Ashford back in 1994, but did not do this due to a train delay. In 1997, he failed to win the election in Stafford, where the Labor candidate won at that time. It is also worth noting that in 2000, Cameron did not get on the list of candidates for the elections, and now he already wanted to be elected from Wilden.

He won the 2001 Whitney constituency after Sean Woodworld had decided to leave the Labor Party.

Working as an advisor

After Cameron was elected to the House of Commons. He headed a separate committee dealing with internal affairs. It was a fairly prominent position, especially for a relatively young parliamentarian. David took an active part in the debate, as a result of which he became famous as an excellent speaker. It is known that Cameron made a proposal to reduce liability for the sale and use of the drug "ecstasy", and also, being a hunting lover, opposed the prohibition of hunting animals with dogs. Among other things, Cameron opposed the prohibition of smoking in restaurants, but did not take part in the vote on this issue, since at that time he hada baby was born.

In March 2003, David Cameron actively supported the armed invasion of Iraq, but after 3 years he initiated an investigation into the validity of this action.

Becoming a leader

Despite the fact that Cameron took an extremely active part in the debate, the leader of the Conservative Party, Ian Duncan Smith, decided not to promote him to the forefront in 2002, as a result of which David opposed the fact that Smith remained the leader, and even spoke out against party policy. In particular, he abstained from voting on a bill on the adoption of children by gay couples.

In 2003, Cameron was given the opportunity to enter the "shadow cabinet", where he became deputy shadow leader of the House, Eric Fort. In November of that year, Smith resigned as chairman of the Conservative Party, as a result of which Cameron received the post of vice chairman under Michael Howard, who became the new leader. While holding this post, he was directly responsible for coordinating the party's policy, and in 2005 he took the post of shadow minister of education.

Among other things, it is worth noting the fact that from 2002 until his ascension to the post of leader of the conservative party, the future prime minister was also a non-executive director of Urbium, a commercial company that owned a large British chain of bars called "Tiger Tiger".

Party leader

After Labor wongeneral election, Michael Howard announced his resignation as leader of the party, as a result of which Cameron ran for this post and defeated his main opponent with a crushing result, gaining 66% of the vote. As Leader of the Opposition, he became a member of the British Privy Council in the same year.

Already in the near future after Cameron took over as leader of the opposition, according to social surveys of the population in 2007, he was ranked higher than the current Prime Minister Tony Blair. After Blair announced his resignation in the same year, Labor was able to maintain its leadership by nominating a new chairman, Gordon Brown, but after 4 months, Cameron again had higher ratings, and support for the Conservatives among voters was the highest in the last 14 years of the party's existence. It was then that Cameron called for early parliamentary elections, and also repeatedly called Gordon Brown's policy old-fashioned, criticizing the Laborites' economic platform in every possible way.

Active action in Parliament

Cameron opposed the anti-terrorism law proposed by the Laborites, as well as the introduction of specialized identification cards. He always called himself a Euroskeptic and said that England is not obliged to obey the foreign policy of the United States. In 2008, he made a proposal to extend the copyright term by 20 years in exchange for the musicians refusing to sing of misogyny, materialism and the cult of weapons.

Under conditionsIn the wake of the 2008 crisis, the people of England decided that Labor's economic measures were effective, as a result of which they again took a leading position in social polls.

Prime Minister

May 11, 2010, David Cameron is the British Prime Minister. Experts have repeatedly said that his government is the first coalition since 1945, and the politician himself is the youngest prime minister in the last 200 years.

As head of government, David Cameron began to actively promote the transfer of authority and power to the people from the center so that local institutions and transport are controlled exclusively by local communities. Already in July, after his election to the post, he announced that such self-government was being created in just a few settlements.

Private life

David Cameron (height and date of birth are indicated at the beginning of the article) was actively involved in charitable activities, and in particular, donated money for the rehabilitation of drug addicts, was the patron of a large number of charitable societies. It is worth noting that the prime minister rides a bicycle to work, which was even stolen in 2008.

In 1992, the future wife of the politician Samantha Gwendolyn and David Cameron met. His wife appeared already in 1996, it was then that they decided to formalize the relationship. According to him, Samantha has a strong influence on her husband's political views.