Jeremy Hunt

Jeremy Hunt

Jeremy Hunt
Quick Facts About Jeremy Richard Hunt
Celebrated Name Jeremy Hunt
Age 57 years old
Nick Name Jeremy Hunt
Birth Name Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt
Birth Date 1966-11-01
Gender Male
Profession Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Nationality British
Place of Birth Kennington, London, United Kingdom
Education Charterhouse School
Father Nicholas Hunt
Mother Meriel Eve Givan
Brother Charles Hunt
Height 1.88 m
Marital Status Married
Wife Lucia Hunt
Net Worth $15 million
Religion Christanity
Horoscope scorpio
Famous for British politician

Who is Jeremy Hunt?

Jeremy Hunt is an English politician and a member of the Conservative Party from Lambeth, Kennington, the UK since 2018 who served as a Member of Parliament for the South West Surrey constituency and also held office as Secretary of State for Health and as United Kingdom Culture Secretary.

What is Jeremy Hunt Famous for?

Jeremy is famous as one of the competent British politician member of the Conservative Party who served as a Member of Parliament for the South West Surrey constituency and also held office as Secretary of State for Health and as United Kingdom Culture Secretary.

Where is Jeremy Hunt From?

Jeremy Hunt was born as Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt on November 1, 1966, in Lambeth, Kennington, the UK to parents, Sir Nicholas Hunt, a commander Admiral in a Royal Navy and  Meriel Eve née Givan(mother), the daughter of Major Henry Cooke Givan. He holds British nationality and His family belongs to the descendant of Sir Streynsham Master, a pioneer of East India Company. His belief is Christianity and His birth sign is Scorpio. He grew up in Shere, Surrey where he finished his basic education at Charterhouse. Then after he went to join Magdalen College of the University of 

Oxford where he studied Politics, Economics, Philosophy and took a first-class honors Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree. He was active in the Oxford University Conservative Association (OUCA) and was elected to serve as President in 1987. He had also graduated with magna cum laude. Also, he had studied the Japanese language for two years in Japan while teaching the English language.

How is Jeremy Hunt's Career?

Before stepping into politics, Hunt worked as a management consultant at OC&C Strategy Consultant. Then after he became an English teacher language in Japan. He tried his hand on a different business venture which was not very productive. Later in 1991, Hunt along with his childhood friend Mike Elms, he started a public relations agency ‘Profile PR’ specialized in IT. He was elected at the 2005 general election to represent the constituency of South West Surrey. Working under the prime minister David Cameron, he became Shadow Minister for Disabled People in the same year. Later in 2007, he joined Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary of state for Culture, Media, and Sport. Further, in 2009, he was invested by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards. In 2010, He was re-elected for the same positions of members of parliament. He then re-gained back his position as Shadow Secretary and served up to 2012. 

On 4 September 2012, Hunt was appointed as Health Secretary in a Cabinet reshuffle. He served this position till 2018, therefore, during his period serving NHS, he had brought different positive changes to the British health sector. Further, in July 2018, Hunt got appointed as Foreign Secretary by replacing the Boris Johnson. Following that, he has supported the Saudi Arabian-led military intervention in Yemen. After that, in August 2018, he met U.S. Secretary Mike Pompeo to discuss the threat from Russia and Iran. Following the resignation of Prime Minister Theresa May, he announced his leadership campaign to become a leader of the Conservative Party on 3 May 2019 but was defeated by Boris Johnson. Meanwhile, he is carrying out his responsibilities as Foreign Secretary. So far Hunt has demonstrated a substantial political career.

What are Jeremy Hunt's Achievements?

He was elected two times as a member of parliament(2005, 2010). He is two times elected culture secretary of Shadow Cabinet(2007,2012). He also held the position of Health Secretary in Cabinet(2012). He was appointed as Foreign Secretay in 2018.

Who is Jeremy Hunt Married to?

He has married a lovely lady called Lucia Guo. Guo is originally from Xi’an in China. The couple first met in 2008 while she was working at Warwick University. Lucia is eleven years younger than her husband Hunt. The couple exchanged the vows on July 2009 in a private ceremony of their closed ones. They wedded in a traditional Chinese ceremony in Xi’an. Together, the couple had welcomed their three children. They are son Jack and two daughters, Anna and Eleanor. Currently, Jeremy lives in Surrey, England with his family.

What is Jeremy Hunt's Net Worth?

Hunt's estimated net worth approximately $15 million which he primarily earns from his political career. His other major contributing factor to his net worth was his 48% of the shares from his company called "Hotcourses" formed by him and his friend Mike in 1990. which was sold for £30 million to the Australian education organization ‘IDP Education’. So, he collected over £14 million and became the richest cabinet member. His houses and car information are not yet disclosed.

How Tall is Jeremy Hunt?

Jeremy stands 6 feet 2 inches tall. His other body measurements and appearances are not available at the moment.

How ofter Jeremy Hunt uses Social Media?

Jeremy is highly active over different social media platforms. On Instagram, he has an account @jeremyhuntmp with over 3K followers. He has a Twitter account @Jeremy_Hunt with 168K followers. Also, he uses a Facebook account @jeremyhuntsws with over 10K followers.

9 Facts to be known about Jeremy Hunt:

  1. He is the eldest son among his siblings.
  2. His birthday is in 99 days.
  3. He worked as an English teacher language in Japan before political footsteps.
  4. He tried his hand on a different business venture. But he failed with three including exportation of marmalade to Japan before stepping into the politics.
  5. Hunt worked as a management consultant at OC&C Strategy Consultant before political career. 
  6. He is a co-author of a policy pamphlet ‘Direct Democracy: An Agenda For A New Model Party’.
  7. His father was assigned to work for Director of Naval created inside the Ministry of Defence. His finances were investigated on several occasions, and he was accused of both tax evasion and of using taxpayer funds to allow a political aide to live in his home.
  8. He did a wedding in a traditional Chinese ceremony in Xi’an Hunt's 2019 leadership campaign was being funded by a close associate to Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman. Jeremy is also a distant relation of Queen Elizabeth II.
  9. As Culture Secretary, he planned to give Britain the fastest broadband speeds over Europe. After this, competition and policy issues relating to the media and telecommunications became the responsibility of the Culture Secretary. So, in this context, these were the works that removed from the Business Secretary, Vince Cable, which later he had declared war on Rupert Murdoch.

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