Jeremy Hunt

The Right Honourable Jeremy Hunt MP
Official portrait, 2022
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 October 2022
Prime Minister	Liz Truss Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	Kwasi Kwarteng
Chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee
In office 29 January 2020 – 14 October 2022
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson Liz Truss
Preceded by	Sarah Wollaston
Succeeded by	Steve Brine
Foreign Secretary
In office 9 July 2018 – 24 July 2019
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	Boris Johnson
Succeeded by	Dominic Raab
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care[a]
In office 4 September 2012 – 9 July 2018
Prime Minister	David Cameron Theresa May
Preceded by	Andrew Lansley
Succeeded by	Matt Hancock
Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport
In office 12 May 2010 – 4 September 2012
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Ben Bradshaw
Succeeded by	Maria Miller
Shadow Cabinet posts Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport In office 2 July 2007 – 11 May 2010 Leader David Cameron Preceded by Hugo Swire Succeeded by Ben Bradshaw Shadow Minister for the Olympics In office 2 July 2007 – 11 May 2010 Leader David Cameron Preceded by Hugo Swire Succeeded by Tessa Jowell Shadow Minister for Disabled People In office 6 December 2005 – 2 July 2007 Leader David Cameron Preceded by Paul Goodman Succeeded by Mark Harper
Member of Parliament for South West Surrey
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 May 2005
Preceded by	Virginia Bottomley
Majority	8,817 (14.6%)
Personal details
Born	Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (1966-11-01) 1 November 1966 (age 57) London, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Lucia Guo (m. 2009)
Children	3
Mother	Meriel Givan
Father	Nicholas Hunt
Education	Charterhouse School
Alma mater	Magdalen College, Oxford (BA)
Website	jeremyhunt.org

Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt MP (born November 1, 1966) is an English politician. He became the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 14 October 2022. He was born in Kennington, London. He is the Member of Parliament for South West Surrey. He was the Secretary of State for Health from 2012 - 2018. He was the longest-serving Health Secretary in British political history.^[1]

He gained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Magdalen College, Oxford. He is a member of the Conservative Party. He was first elected in the 2005 general election. He was appointed as a Privy Counsellor on 13 May 2010.^[2]

In July 2018 Hunt became the Foreign Secretary after Boris Johnson resigned from the government. ^[3]

On 24 May 2019, Hunt announced his campaign to run for Leader of the Conservative Party in the 2019 election.^[4] On 20 June, Hunt and Boris Johnson became the final two candidates in the contest.^[5] He lost the election to Johnson on 22 July. He later quit as Foreign Secretary.

He was Chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee from 2020 to 2022,

In July 2022, Hunt announced his second candidacy for Conservative Party leader in the leadership race to replace Boris Johnson.^[6] He was eliminated from the election in the first round of voting on 13 July.^[7]
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1. ↑ "Jeremy Hunt: millionaire, longest serving health secretary — steady hand?". 2023-07-10. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
2. ↑ "Privy Council appointments, 13 May 2010". Privy Council. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
3. ↑ "Jeremy Hunt is the new Foreign Secretary". The Independent. 9 July 2018.
4. ↑ "VIDEO: Jeremy Hunt confirms Tory leadership bid at Haslemere Festival". Farnham Herald. 24 May 2019. Archived from the original on 5 January 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
5. ↑ "Johnson and Hunt left in Tory leader race". BBC News. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
6. ↑ "Ex-health secretaries Sajid Javid and Jeremy Hunt join Tory leadership race". BBC News. 9 July 2022.
7. ↑ "Jeremy Hunt and Nadhim Zahawi knocked out of Tory leadership race". the Guardian. 2022-07-13. Retrieved 2022-07-13.