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Amber Rudd
Sign in to saveAlso known as Amber Augusta Rudd, Rt. Hon. Amber Rudd
British politician (born 1963)
Key facts
- Prime minister
- Theresa May Boris Johnson
- Preceded by
- Esther McVey
- Succeeded by
- Thérèse Coffey
- Born
- Amber Augusta Rudd , ( 1963-08-01 ) 1 August 1963 (age 62) , Marylebone , London, England
- Party
- Conservative (until 2019) Independent (2019–present)
- Spouse
- A. A. Gill ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1990 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1995 )
- Parent
- Tony Rudd (father)
- Relatives
- Roland Rudd (brother)
- Education
- New Hall School Cheltenham Ladies' College Queen's College, London
- Alma mater
- University of Edinburgh ( MA )
- Website
- amberrudd .co .uk
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Augusta
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Marylebone
- Spouse
- A. A. Gill
- Occupation
- journalist
- Position held
- Minister for Women and Equalities
- Employer
- J.P. Morgan & Co.
- Political party
- Conservative Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Official website
- amberrudd.co.uk
- Image
- Official portrait of Amber Rudd crop 2.jpg
- Work location
- Westminster
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- date of birth
- 1963-08-01
- name in native language
- Amber Rudd
- Commons category
- Amber Rudd
- honorific prefix
- The Right Honourable
- candidacy in election
- 2017 United Kingdom general election
- social media followers
- 121311
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- Amber Rudd
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Encyclopedic overview
Amber Augusta Rudd (born 1 August 1963) is a British former politician who served as Home Secretary from 2016 to 2018 and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from 2018 to 2019. She was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Hastings and Rye, first elected in 2010, representing the Conservative Party, and stood down from parliament in 2019. She identifies herself as a one-nation conservative, and has been associated with both socially liberal and economically liberal policies.
Rudd was born in Marylebone and studied history at the University of Edinburgh. Rudd worked as an investment banker before being elected to the House of Commons for Hastings and Rye in East Sussex in 2010, defeating incumbent Labour MP Michael Foster. Rudd served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change from 2015 to 2016 in the Cameron Government, where she worked on renewable energy resources and climate change mitigation. She previously served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Energy and Climate Change from 2014 to 2015.
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