Michael Gove

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The Right Honourable

Michael Gove

MP
Official portrait, 2022
Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities[a]
Assumed office
25 October 2022
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded bySimon Clarke
In office
15 September 2021 – 6 July 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byRobert Jenrick
Succeeded byGreg Clark
Minister for Intergovernmental Relations
Assumed office
25 October 2022
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byNadhim Zahawi
In office
18 September 2021 – 6 July 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byNadhim Zahawi
Ministerial offices
2010–2021
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In office
24 July 2019 – 15 September 2021
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byDavid Lidington
Succeeded bySteve Barclay
Minister for the Cabinet Office
In office
13 February 2020 – 15 September 2021
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byOliver Dowden
Succeeded bySteve Barclay
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
In office
11 June 2017 – 24 July 2019
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byAndrea Leadsom
Succeeded byTheresa Villiers
Secretary of State for Justice
Lord Chancellor
In office
9 May 2015 – 14 July 2016
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byChris Grayling
Succeeded byLiz Truss
Chief Whip of the House of Commons
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
In office
15 July 2014 – 9 May 2015
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byGeorge Young
Succeeded byMark Harper
Secretary of State for Education
In office
12 May 2010 – 15 July 2014
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byEd Balls
Succeeded byNicky Morgan
Shadow ministerial posts
Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families
In office
2 July 2007 – 11 May 2010
LeaderDavid Cameron
Preceded byDavid Willetts
Succeeded byEd Balls
Shadow Minister for Housing and Planning
In office
10 May 2005 – 2 July 2007
Leader
Preceded byJohn Hayes
Succeeded byGrant Shapps
Member of Parliament
for Surrey Heath
Assumed office
5 May 2005
Preceded byNick Hawkins
Majority18,349 (31.3%)
Personal details
Born
Graeme Andrew Logan

(1967-08-26) 26 August 1967 (age 56)
Aberdeen, Scotland
Political partyConservative
Other political
affiliations		Labour (1983)
Spouse(s)
Sarah Vine
(m. 2001; sep. 2021)
Children2
EducationRobert Gordon's College
Alma materLady Margaret Hall, Oxford (BA)
Websitemichaelgove.com
Gove's voice
From the BBC programme Start the Week, 30 December 2013[2]

Michael Andrew Gove (born 26 August 1967) is an British politician who is currently Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities since 25 October 2022. In July 2019, he became the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster for the Boris Johnson administration. In February 2020, he became the Minister for the Cabinet Office.

Career[change | change source]

He was the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2017 to 2019 for the Theresa May ministry. He was the Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, and was the Secretary of State for Education from 12 May 2010 to 15 July 2014. He is the Member of Parliament for the Surrey Heath constituency in the United Kingdom. He was first elected in the 2005 general election.

He is a member of the Conservative Party. He was one of the candidates in the 2016 Conservative leadership election. After becoming Prime Minister, Theresa May fired Gove from the Cabinet.[3] However, in 2017 she brought him back and made him the Environment Secretary.

He grew up in Aberdeen.[4] He studied English at Lady Margaret Hall at Oxford University. Gove is married to Sarah Vine, a writer for The Times.[5] They have a daughter and son. He belongs to the Church of England[6]

On 26 May 2019, Gove announced his campaign to run for Leader of the Conservative Party in the 2019 election.[7] He narrowly lost in third place on the fifth ballot and was eliminated on 20 June.

In July 2022, Gove was fired from the Johnson cabinet by Prime Minister Boris Johnson after Gove told him it would be best for Johnson to resign as Prime Minister.

Personal life[change | change source]

Gove is a Queens Park Rangers F.C supporter.

Bibliography[change | change source]

  • Michael Portillo: The Future of the Right (1995) ISBN 1-85702-335-8
  • The Price of Peace (2000) ISBN 1-903219-15-9
  • A Blue Tomorrow – New Visions for Modern Conservatives (2001) (ed. with Edward Vaizey and Nicholas Boles) ISBN 1-84275-027-5
  • Celsius 7/7 (2006) ISBN 0-297-85146-2

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ "Ambitious plans to drive levelling up agenda". GOV.UK (Press release). 19 September 2021. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  2. ↑ "Michael Gove". Start the Week. 30 December 2013. BBC Radio 4. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "Theresa May's cabinet: Who's in and who's out?". BBC News. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Teenage Michael Gove supported Labour" Archived 2010-05-24 at the Wayback Machine The Telegraph, 16 May 2010
  5. ↑ "Michael Gove". The Conservative Party. Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  6. ↑ "While Blair converts to Catholicism, only 8 ministers say they believe in God". Daily Mail. London. 22 December 2007. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  7. ↑ "Tory leadership: Gove becomes eighth candidate to enter race". BBC. Retrieved 26 May 2019.

Notes[change | change source]

  1. ↑ Known as Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government until 19 September 2021.[1]


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