David Cameron
Date of Birth: 09.10.1966
David William Donald Cameron - British politician, leader of the Conservative Party (2005-2016), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2010-2016). Since November 13, 2023, he has been the Foreign Secretary of Great Britain.
Place of Birth. Education. David Cameron was born in London into a brokerage family. He comes from an aristocratic dynasty. In 1988, he graduated from Oxford University, where he studied in an interdisciplinary program in Politics, Economics, and Philosophy.
Career. From 1988 to 1993, Cameron worked in the research department of the Conservative Party of Great Britain. He prepared speeches for Prime Minister John Major (1990-1997).
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In 1992, he was a special advisor to the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
From 1993 to 1997 he was an advisor to the Home Secretary in Major's cabinet.
From 1994 to 2001, Cameron was also director of corporate relations at the media company Carlton.
In 1997, Cameron's first attempt to enter the British House of Commons failed. He was only elected to Parliament in 2001 in the constituency of Whitney, Oxfordshire.
In 2005, he became the leader of the Conservative Party after Michael Howard stepped down as leader.
In May 2010, Cameron formed a coalition government (the Conservative Party won the parliamentary elections) with the Liberal Democrat Party (the first coalition government in Great Britain since World War II).
After the referendum held in June 2016, in which 51.9% of Britons voted for the UK's exit from the European Union (Brexit), Cameron resigned.
On July 13, 2016, Queen Elizabeth II accepted David Cameron's resignation and entrusted Theresa May with the formation of a new government of the country.
On September 12, 2016, Cameron also announced his resignation from the House of Commons.
Since November 13, 2023 - Foreign Secretary of Great Britain.
Views. The British Prime Minister positions himself as a moderate conservative and former admirer of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. He advocates for maximum market openness and free trade. Within the EU, Cameron is against further expansion and deepening of Eurointegration.
In a speech in 2011, Cameron admitted that the policy of state multiculturalism in Great Britain had failed and that the Muslim population of the country should be better integrated into society. He advocates for strict restrictions on immigration to EU countries.
Cameron supports the equality of representatives of sexual minorities. The law on same-sex marriage was passed by the British Parliament with the support of half of the Conservative MPs in 2013.
Additionally, Cameron opposes an aggressive foreign policy by Russian President Vladimir Putin. In 2008 during the Russian-Georgian War, he called for visa sanctions against Russia and the suspension of its membership in the G8. In 2014, he was also one of the initiators of sanctions against Russia, which had attacked Ukraine and annexed Crimea.
Family. Since 1996, he has been married to a representative of an aristocratic family, Samantha Sheffield (born 1971). Children: two daughters - Nancy Gwen (born 2004) and Florence Rose Endellion (born 2010), son Arthur Elven (born 2006).
11.13.2023