Facts: - website: -lsb- http://www.rorystewart.co.uk/ www.rorystewart.co.uk -rsb- - successor: julian lewis - party: conservative - spouse: shoshana clark - primeminister: david cameron - office: parliamentary and rural affairs chair of the defence select committee member under of parliament for penrith and the border secretary of state for environment , food - predecessor: dan rogerson james arbuthnot david maclean - education: eton college - term end: 12 may 2015 - term start: 12 may 2015 14 may 2014 6 may 2010 - birth date: 03 january 1973 - name: rory stewart - image: rory stewart mp.jpg - majority: 19,894 -lrb- 45.3 % -rrb- - birth place: hong kong - alma mater: balliol college , oxford Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of rory stewart .
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roderick james nugent stewart , obe , frsl -lrb- born 3 january 1973 -rrb- is a british academic , author , diplomat , documentary maker and conservative politician presently serving as parliamentary under secretary of state at the department for environment , food & rural affairs -lrb- defra -rrb- .he is a former chair of the house of commons defence select committee .since may 2010 , he has been the member of parliament for penrith and the border , in the county of cumbria , north west england .stewart was a senior coalition official in iraq in 2003 -- 04 .he is known for his book about this experience , '' '' -lrb- also published under the title '' occupational hazards '' -rrb- , and for his 2002 walk across afghanistan -lrb- one part of a larger walk across asia -rrb- , which served as the basis for another book , '' the places in between '' , as well as his later cultural development work in afghanistan as the founder and executive chairman of the turquoise mountain foundation , a british charity .