Michael Gove

**Michael Andrew Gove** (born 26 August 1967) is an British politician who was the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities from 2022 to 2024. 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. He retired from politics after the 2024 general election was called.

## Career

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 was 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. However, in 2017 she brought him back and made him the Environment Secretary.

He grew up in Aberdeen. He studied English at Lady Margaret Hall at Oxford University. Gove is married to Sarah Vine, a writer for _The Times_. They have a daughter and son. He belongs to the Church of England

On 26 May 2019, Gove announced his campaign to run for Leader of the Conservative Party in the 2019 election. 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 he should resign as Prime Minister.

## Personal life

Gove is a Queens Park Rangers F.C supporter.

## Bibliography

- _Michael Portillo: The Future of the Right_ (1995)
- _The Price of Peace_ (2000)
- _A Blue Tomorrow – New Visions for Modern Conservatives_ (2001) (ed. with Edward Vaizey and Nicholas Boles)
- _Celsius 7/7_ (2006)

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **embed**: yes
- **office**: Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families
- **leader**: David Cameron
- **term start**: 2 July 2007
- **term end**: 11 May 2010
- **predecessor**: David Willetts
- **successor**: Ed Balls
- **office1**: Shadow Minister for Housing and Planning
- **term start1**: 10 May 2005
- **term end1**: 2 July 2007
- **predecessor1**: John Hayes (British politician), John Hayes
- **successor1**: Grant Shapps


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: The Right Honourable
- **name**: Michael Gove
- **image**: Michael Gove Official Cabinet Portrait, October 2022 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Official portrait, 2022
- **office1**: Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- **primeminister1**: Rishi Sunak
- **term start1**: 25 October 2022
- **term end1**: 5 July 2024
- **predecessor1**: Simon Clarke (politician), Simon Clarke
- **successor1**: Angela Rayner
- **primeminister2**: Boris Johnson
- **term start2**: 15 September 2021
- **term end2**: 6 July 2022
- **predecessor2**: Robert Jenrick
- **successor2**: Greg Clark
- **office3**: Minister for Intergovernmental Relations
- **primeminister3**: Rishi Sunak
- **term start3**: 25 October 2022
- **term end3**: 5 July 2024
- **predecessor3**: Nadhim Zahawi
- **primeminister4**: Boris Johnson
- **term start4**: 18 September 2021
- **term end4**: 6 July 2022
- **predecessor4**: _Office established_
- **successor4**: Nadhim Zahawi
- **office5**: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- **primeminister5**: Boris Johnson
- **term start5**: 24 July 2019
- **term end5**: 15 September 2021
- **predecessor5**: David Lidington
- **successor5**: Steve Barclay
- **office6**: Minister for the Cabinet Office
- **primeminister6**: Boris Johnson
- **term start6**: 13 February 2020
- **term end6**: 15 September 2021
- **predecessor6**: Oliver Dowden
- **successor6**: Steve Barclay
- **office7**: Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- **primeminister7**: Theresa May
- **term start7**: 11 June 2017
- **term end7**: 24 July 2019
- **predecessor7**: Andrea Leadsom
- **successor7**: Theresa Villiers
- **office8**: Secretary of State for Justice
Lord Chancellor
- **primeminister8**: David Cameron
- **term start8**: 9 May 2015
- **term end8**: 14 July 2016
- **predecessor8**: Chris Grayling
- **successor8**: Liz Truss
- **office9**: Chief Whip, Chief Whip of the House of Commons
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
- **primeminister9**: David Cameron
- **term start9**: 15 July 2014
- **term end9**: 9 May 2015
- **predecessor9**: George Young, Baron Young of Cookham, George Young
- **successor9**: Mark Harper
- **office10**: Secretary of State for Education
- **primeminister10**: David Cameron
- **term start10**: 12 May 2010
- **term end10**: 15 July 2014
- **predecessor10**: Ed Balls
- **successor10**: Nicky Morgan
- **office11**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament
for Surrey Heath (UK Parliament constituency), Surrey Heath
- **term start11**: 5 May 2005
- **term end11**: 30 May 2024
- **predecessor11**: Nick Hawkins (politician), Nick Hawkins
- **successor11**: Al Pinkerton
- **birth name**: Graeme Andrew Logan
- **birth place**: Aberdeen, Scotland
- **party**: Conservative Party (UK), Conservative
- **otherparty**: Labour Party (UK), Labour (1983)
- **children**: 2
- **education**: Robert Gordon's College
- **alma mater**: Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford (Bachelor of Arts, BA)