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Philip Hammond
The Right Honourable ; Philip Hammond ; MP
Chancellor of the Exchequer
	In office; 13 July 2016 – 24 July 2019
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	George Osborne
Succeeded by	Sajid Javid
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
	In office; 15 July 2014 – 13 July 2016
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	William Hague
Succeeded by	Boris Johnson
Secretary of State for Defence
	In office; 14 October 2011 – 15 July 2014
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Liam Fox
Succeeded by	Michael Fallon
Secretary of State for Transport
	In office; 11 May 2010 – 14 October 2011
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	The Lord Adonis
Succeeded by	Justine Greening
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
	In office; 2 July 2007 – 11 May 2010
Leader	David Cameron
Preceded by	Theresa Villiers
Succeeded by	Liam Byrne
	In office; 6 May 2005 – 6 December 2005
Leader	Michael Howard
Preceded by	George Osborne
Succeeded by	Theresa Villiers
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
	In office; 6 December 2005 – 2 July 2007
Leader	David Cameron
Preceded by	Malcolm Rifkind
Succeeded by	Chris Grayling
Member of Parliament; for Runnymede and Weybridge
	Incumbent
	Assumed office; 1 May 1997
Preceded by	Constituency established
Majority	18,050 (35%)
Personal details
Born	Philip Anthony Hammond ; 4 December 1955 (age 63); Epping, Essex, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Susan Williams-Walker (m. 1991)
Children	3
Residence	11 Downing Street (official); Send, Surrey, England
Alma mater	University College, Oxford
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Philip Anthony Hammond (born 4 December 1955) is a British Conservative politician who was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2016 to 2019 under Prime Minister Theresa May. He has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Runnymede and Weybridge since 1997.

Hammond was born in Epping, Essex, and studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at University College, Oxford. He worked from 1984 as a company director at Castlemead Ltd – a healthcare and nursing company. From 1995 to 1997 he acted as an adviser to the government of Malawi before his election to Parliament. He was appointed to the Shadow Cabinet by Michael Howard in 2005 as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury. Following David Cameron’s election, Hammond was promoted to Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions; however, Cameron returned Hammond to his previous position as Shadow Chief Secretary in a 2007 Shadow Cabinet reshuffle.

After the formation of the Coalition Government in May 2010, he was appointed Secretary of State for Transport and was sworn of the Privy Council. Upon the resignation of Liam Fox over a scandal in October 2011, Hammond was promoted to replace him as Secretary of State for Defence, before being further promoted in July 2014 to become Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.

In July 2016, after Theresa May succeeded Cameron as Prime Minister, Hammond was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer. As Chancellor, Hammond has suggested that the government may begin a reduction in austerity measures. In July 2019, he spoke in an interview of his plans to tender his resignation to Theresa May should Boris Johnson be announced as the new Leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister. He said should he be part of the Johnson Cabinet he would be required to support a no-deal Brexit.

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Hammond meeting with US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta
Hammond meeting British troops in Helmand Province, Afghanistan
Hammond meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry
Hammond welcomes president of China and Communist Party chief Xi Jinping to London, 19 October 2015
Hammond meeting Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in London, 5 February 2016