Right Honourable Jeremy Hunt: Eminent Political Speaker
Portrait of the Right Honourable Jeremy Hunt

Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt

Chancellor of the Exchequer & MP for South West Surrey & Former Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

Jeremy Hunt has been a Conservative Member of Parliament for South West Surrey since May 2005.

In May 2010 Jeremy was appointed Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, during which time he oversaw a successful Olympic and Paralympic Games in London in the summer of 2012. From September 2012 to July 2018, Jeremy held the position of Secretary of State for Health. In June 2018, Jeremy became the longest serving Secretary of State for Health in British history. In July 2018, Jeremy was appointed Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, a position he held until July 2019. He was elected as Chair of the House of Commons Health and Social Care Select Committee in January 2020.

Born on 1 November 1966, Mr. Hunt studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University. He lives in Godalming and London with his wife Lucia and their three young children.