Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP

Jeremy Hunt was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for South West Surrey in May 2005. He became Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport in 2010.

In July 2007 Jeremy was promoted to the Shadow Cabinet by David Cameron to take on the role of Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport. He had previously served from December 2005 to July 2007 as Shadow Minister for Disabled People. As well as the vital Olympics brief, Jeremy sees the role as having a major relevance to the quality of life agenda.  He is also interested in international development, was a member of the International Development Select Committee. His particular area of focus has been HIV/AIDS in Africa.

Jeremy went to school in South West Surrey, and then studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Magdalen College, Oxford, gaining a first class honours degree.

After a brief period as a management consultant, Jeremy went to Japan for two years where he supported himself teaching English whilst he learnt Japanese. He then returned to the UK and with a business partner set up Hotcourses Ltd, the UK’s largest publisher of guides and websites to help people choose the right school, college, university or course.