Danny Alexander

The Right Honourable Sir Danny Alexander
Alexander in 2011
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
In office 29 May 2010 – 8 May 2015
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	David Laws
Succeeded by	Greg Hands
Secretary of State for Scotland
In office 12 May 2010 – 29 May 2010
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Jim Murphy
Succeeded by	Michael Moore
Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson
In office 7 January 2015 – 11 May 2015
Leader	Nick Clegg
Preceded by	Vince Cable (2010)[a]
Succeeded by	Baroness Kramer
Member of Parliament for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
In office 5 May 2005 – 30 March 2015
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Drew Hendry
Personal details
Born	(1972-05-15) 15 May 1972 (age 52) Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Political party	Scottish Liberal Democrats
Spouse	Rebecca Hoar ​ (m. 2005)​
Children	2
Alma mater	St Anne's College, Oxford
a. ^ Office vacant from 12 May 2010 to 7 January 2015.

Sir Daniel Grian Alexander (born 15 May 1972) is a former politician who was Chief Secretary to the Treasury between 2010 and 2015. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey constituency from 2005 until the general election in May 2015.^[1] In his first parliamentary term (2005–2010), Alexander was the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Work and Pensions (2007–2008), the Chief of Staff to party leader Nick Clegg, and Chair of the Liberal Democrat Manifesto Group (2007–2010).^[2]

With the 2010 general election producing a hung parliament, he was one of the four Liberal Democrat MPs, along with Andrew Stunell, Chris Huhne, and David Laws,^[3] who were involved in negotiating the coalition agreement for the new coalition government with the Conservative Party. Alexander was initially appointed Secretary of State for Scotland,^[4] but at the end of May 2010, he was promoted to Chief Secretary to the Treasury, following the resignation of David Laws.^[5]

He was knighted in the 2015 Dissolution Honours List on 27 August 2015.^[6]