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George Osborne

Personal data
Date of birth23 May 1971(age 44)
Place of birthPaddington, London, UK
Political partyConservative
SpouseFrances Howell
(m. 1998 � present)
RelationsPeter Osborne (father)
ChildrenSon and daughter
Residence11 Downing Street (Official)
Alma materMagdalen College, Oxford
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Assumed office12 May 2010
Prime ministerDavid Cameron
Preceded byAlistair Darling
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office5 May 2005 - 11 May 2010
LeaderMichael Howard
David Cameron
Succeeded byAlistair Darling
Preceded byOliver Letwin
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
In office14 June 2004 - 5 May 2005
LeaderMichael Howard
Succeeded byPhilip Hammond
Preceded byHoward Flight
Member of Parliament
for Tatton
Assumed office7 June 2001
Majority14,487 (32%)
Preceded byMartin Bell

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George Gideon Oliver Osborne, MP (born 23 May 1971 in Paddington, London) is a British Conservative politician. He is the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom, a role to which he was appointed in May 2010, and has been the Member of Parliament for Tatton since 2001.

Osborne is part of the old Anglo-Irish aristocracy, known in Ireland as the Ascendancy. He is the heir to the Osborne baronetcy (of Ballentaylor, in County Tipperary, and Ballylemon, in County Waterford).

He was educated at St Paul's School and Magdalen College, University of Oxford, before entering politics.


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