Oliver Dowden

The Right Honourable Oliver Dowden CBE MP
Official portrait, 2021
Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 April 2023
Prime Minister	Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	Dominic Raab
Secretary of State in the Cabinet Office
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 February 2023
Prime Minister	Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	Office established
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 October 2022
Prime Minister	Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	Nadhim Zahawi
Ministerial and party offices 2018‍–‍2022 Chairman of the Conservative Party In office 15 September 2021 – 24 June 2022 Serving with Ben Elliot Leader Boris Johnson Preceded by Amanda Milling Succeeded by Andrew Stephenson Minister without Portfolio In office 15 September 2021 – 24 June 2022 Prime Minister Boris Johnson Preceded by Amanda Milling Succeeded by Andrew Stephenson Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport In office 13 February 2020 – 15 September 2021 Prime Minister Boris Johnson Preceded by The Baroness Morgan of Cotes Succeeded by Nadine Dorries Minister for the Cabinet Office In office 24 July 2019 – 13 February 2020 Prime Minister Boris Johnson Preceded by David Lidington Succeeded by Michael Gove Paymaster General In office 24 July 2019 – 13 February 2020 Prime Minister Boris Johnson Preceded by Jesse Norman Succeeded by Penny Mordaunt Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office In office 9 January 2018 – 24 July 2019 Prime Minister Theresa May Preceded by Caroline Nokes Succeeded by Simon Hart
Member of Parliament for Hertsmere
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2015
Preceded by	James Clappison
Majority	21,313 (40.8%)
Personal details
Born	Oliver James Dowden (1978-08-01) 1 August 1978 (age 45) Park Street, Hertfordshire, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Blythe Dowden ​ (m. 2008)​
Children	2
Education	Parmiter's School
Alma mater	Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Signature
Website	Parliamentary website

Oliver James Dowden CBE (born 1 August 1978) is a British politician and the current Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. A member of the Conservative Party, he is also Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Secretary of State in the Cabinet Office^[1][2] and has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hertsmere since 2015.

Dowden served in the Boris Johnson government as Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General from 2019 to 2020 and Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport from 2020 to 2021. In the 2021 cabinet reshuffle, he was moved to the posts of Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party, serving alongside Ben Elliot, and Minister without Portfolio. He resigned from these roles in June 2022.

Following a stint on the backbenches during Johnson's caretaker government and the premiership of Liz Truss, he was re-appointed to the Cabinet in October 2022 by new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. He was made Secretary of State in the Cabinet office in February 2023 and, following the resignation of Dominic Raab, was appointed deputy prime minister in April of the same year.