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David Cameron
David William Donald Cameron (pronounced /'km()rn/; born 9 October 1966) is the current
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, and Leader of the Conservative
Party. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Witney.
Cameron studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford, gaining a first class honours
degree. He then joined the Conservative Research Department and became Special Adviser to
Norman Lamont, and then to Michael Howard. He was Director of Corporate Affairs at Carlton
Communications for seven years.
A first candidacy for Parliament at Stafford in 1997 ended in defeat, but Cameron was elected in
2001 as the Member of Parliament for the Oxfordshire constituency of Witney. He was promoted
to the Opposition front bench two years later, and rose rapidly to become head of policy
co-ordination during the 2005 general election campaign. With a public image of a young,
moderate candidate who would appeal to young voters, he won the Conservative leadership
election in 2005.
In the 2010 general election held on 6 May, the Conservatives gained a plurality of seats in a hung parliament and Cameron
was appointed Prime Minister on 11 May 2010, at the head of a coalition between the Conservatives and the Liberal
Democrats. At the age of 43, Cameron became the youngest British Prime Minister since the Earl of Liverpool 198 years
earlier. The Cameron Ministry is the first coalition government in the United Kingdom since the Second World War.
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1. David Cameron is the leader of the Conservative Party.
True.
False.
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2. He has been in Parliament since 1997.
True.
False.
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3. He became part of the Opposition front bench in 2005.
True.
False.
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4. He was appointed Prime Minister in 2010.
True.
False.
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5. This is the first coalition government in the UK.
True.
False.
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