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."Teenage Michael Gove supported Labour"  The Telegraph, 16 May 2010 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) 

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