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Oliver Letwin
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| Minister of State for Policy | |
| Assumed office 12 May 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Office Created |
| Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | |
| In office 5 May 2005 – 6 December 2005 |
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| Leader | Michael Howard |
| Preceded by | Theresa May |
| Succeeded by | Peter Ainsworth |
| Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer | |
| In office 6 November 2003 – 10 May 2005 |
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| Leader | Michael Howard |
| Preceded by | Michael Howard |
| Succeeded by | George Osborne |
| Shadow Home Secretary | |
| In office 18 September 2001 – 6 November 2003 |
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| Leader | Iain Duncan Smith |
| Preceded by | Ann Widdecombe |
| Succeeded by | David Davis |
| Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury | |
| In office 26 September 2000 – 18 September 2001 |
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| Leader | William Hague |
| Preceded by | David Heathcoat-Amory |
| Succeeded by | John Bercow |
| Member of Parliament for West Dorset |
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| Assumed office 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | James Spicer |
| Majority | 3,923 (6.8%) |
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| Born | 19 May 1956 Hampstead, London, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Isabel Davidson |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Eton College Trinity College, Cambridge London Business School |
Oliver LetwinMP FRSA (born 19 May 1956) is an English politician. He is currently the Minister of State at the Cabinet Office as well as the Chairman of Policy Review, and Chairman of the Conservative Research Department. He is the Member of Parliament for the West Dorset constituency in the United Kingdom. He was first elected in the 1997 general election.
He is a member of the Conservative Party.
He married Isabel Grace Davidson on 14 September 1984 in Cambridge. They have a twin son and daughter born in July 1993.
Selected works
- Oliver Letwin (1987) Ethics, Emotion and the Unity of the Self, Routledge,
- Oliver Letwin and John Redwood. (1988) Britain's Biggest Enterprise – ideas for radical reform of the NHS, Centre for Policy Studies,
- Oliver Letwin (1988) Privatizing the World: A Study of International Privatization in Theory and Practice, Thomson Learning,
- Oliver Letwin (1989) Drift to union: Wiser ways to a wider community, Centre for Policy Studies,
- Oliver Letwin (2003) The Neighbourly Society: Collected Speeches, Centre for Policy Studies,
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