The Rt Hon Philip Hammond
Biography
The Rt Hon Philip Hammond was Chancellor of the Exchequer between 13 July 2016 and 24 July 2019. He was elected Conservative MP for Runnymede and Weybridge in 1997.
Education
Philip was born in Epping, Essex in 1955 and attended school in Brentwood before studying politics, philosophy and economics at University College, Oxford.
Political career
He was previously Secretary of State for Transport from May 2010, when he was appointed as a Privy Counsellor. Prior to this, he held a number of shadow portfolios. He was elected to Parliament in 1997 and was Secretary of State for Defence from 2011 until July 2014. Philip served as Foreign Secretary from July 2014 until July 2016.
Career outside politics
Philip had a business career in small and medium-sized companies in manufacturing, consultancy, property and construction, and oil and gas, both in the UK and abroad.
Personal life
He is married with 3 children and lives in Send, Surrey.
Previous roles in government
Announcements
Subscriptions
- Almost a million public sector workers handed a second year of inflation-busting pay rises
- Chancellor Philip Hammond calls out late payment culture
- UK takes action to help world’s poorest access financial and public services
- UK companies to benefit from UK-Saudi trade
- Chancellor in Saudi Arabia: 6-7 July
- Chancellor urges global action to tackle antimicrobial resistance crisis
- Mansion House dinner speech 2019 - Philip Hammond
- PM and Chancellor meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Hu: 17 June 2019
- Tenth Economic and Financial Dialogue held between the UK and China
- UK-China EFD sees launch of London-Shanghai Stock Connect