Jeremy Hunt, who oversaw the London Olympics as culture secretary and also served as health secretary, has been named as the UK’s new chancellor.
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Hunt’s appointment follows the sacking of his predecessor Kwasi Kwarteng by the prime minister.
Is Jeremy Hunt republican?
A member of the Conservative Party, Hunt has been Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Surrey since 2005.

Where did Jeremy Hunt go to school?
Hunt was educated at Charterhouse where he was Head of School.
At Magdalen College, Oxford, he read Philosophy, Politics, and Economics and took a first class honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree.
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He became involved in Conservative politics while at university, where David Cameron and Boris Johnson were contemporaries.
He was very active in the Oxford University Conservative Association (OUCA), and was elected to serve as president in 1987.
After university, Hunt worked for two years as a management consultant at OC&C Strategy Consultants, and then became an English language teacher in Japan.
After returning to Britain, his motherland, he tried his hand at a number of different entrepreneurial business ventures, with three failed start-ups including an attempt to export marmalade to Japan.
In 1991, Hunt co-founded a public relations agency named Profile PR specialising in IT with Mike Elms, a childhood friend.
However, they later sold their interest in Profile PR to concentrate on directory publishing.


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