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David Cameron

David Cameron was born 9 October 1966, and raised in Berkshire. Mr Cameron's family has always been the starting point of everything he has wanted to achieve in politics. He is proud of the values that were instilled in him when he was young. Today, as a father, he knows how important quality family time is, and has made shared parental leave a priority. Mr Cameron, his wife Samantha, and their young children live in London and West Oxfordshire, where he has been MP for Witney since 2001. Very sadly their much loved eldest child, Ivan, died on 25 February 2009.

Mr Cameron was educated at Eton College before studying Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford, gaining a first class honours degree. Before becoming an MP, Mr Cameron worked in business and government. He worked as a Special Adviser first to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and then to the Home Secretary. Afterwards he spent seven years at UK media company, Carlton Communications, and served on the management Board. David Cameron was elected Leader of the Conservative Party in December 2005.

On 12 May 2010 Conservative leader David Cameron became Britain's youngest prime minister in almost 200 years and ended 13 years of Labour rule. Cameron said that he intended to form a "proper and full coalition" with the centre-left Liberal Democrats after his centre-right party failed to win an overall parliamentary majority at last week's general election. He said that he and Lib Dem leader wanted to work for the "common good and national interest" and to build a more responsible society in Britain. Cameron was confirmed as prime minister after Gordon Brown tendered his resignation to the British monarch and also announced that he would be stepping down as Labour leader. At the age of 43, he becomes Britain's youngest prime minister since the Earl of Liverpool in 1812 and the Conservative's first since 1997. One of Cameron's first decisions was to confirm the appointment of George Osborne as Chancellor of the Exchequer and William Hague, a former leader of the party, as foreign secretary.