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George Osborne (born Gideon Oliver Osborne; 23 May 1971) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been Chancellor of the Exchequer since 2010 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Tatton since 2001. Osborne worked for ''The Daily Telegraph'' before joining the Conservative Research Department and becoming head of its political section. He was a special adviser to Douglas Hogg at the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and worked at 10 Downing Street as well as for Prime Minister John Major's campaign team in the party's unsuccessful 1997 general election campaign before becoming a speechwriter and political secretary to Major's successor as party leader, William Hague. In 2001, Osborne was elected as MP for Tatton, becoming the youngest Conservative MP in the House of Commons. He was appointed Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury by Conservative leader Michael Howard in 2004. In 2005, he ran David Cameron's successful leadership campaign. Cameron appointed Osborne Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer and, after the 2010 general election, Chancellor in the Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition government. Since becoming Chancellor, Osborne has pursued austerity policies aimed at reducing the United Kingdom national debt. After the Conservatives won an overall majority in the 2015 general election, Osborne was reappointed as Chancellor of the Exchequer by Cameron in his second government and was given the additional title of First Secretary of State, making him Cameron's ''de facto'' deputy. ==Early life and education== Osborne was born in Paddington, London,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=George Gideon Oliver Osborne )〕 and is the eldest of four boys. His father, Sir Peter Osborne, 17th Baronet, co-founded the firm of fabric and wallpapers designers Osborne & Little. His mother is Felicity Alexandra Loxton-Peacock, the daughter of artist Clarisse Loxton-Peacock.〔〔Charles Mosley, editor, ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage'', 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 1989.〕 Originally named Gideon Oliver,〔 he changed his name to George when he was 13. In an interview in July 2005, Osborne said: "It was my small act of rebellion. I never liked it. When I finally told my mother she said, 'Nor do I'. So I decided to be George after my grandfather, who was a war hero. Life was easier as a George; it was a straightforward name."〔 〕〔Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 2, page 3030.〕 Osborne was educated at independent schools: Norland Place School, Colet Court and St Paul's School. In 1990 he was awarded a demyship at Magdalen College, Oxford,〔 where in 1993 he received a 2:1 bachelor's degree in Modern History.〔 〔http://www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/george-osborne-visits-magdalen/〕 While there he was a member of the Bullingdon Club. He also attended Davidson College in North Carolina for a semester as a Dean Rusk Scholar.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jeopardy! and Other Breaking News )〕 In 1993, Osborne intended to pursue a career in journalism. He was shortlisted for but failed to gain a place on ''The Times'' trainee scheme, and instead did freelance work on the Peterborough diary column of ''The Daily Telegraph''. Some time later an Oxford friend of his, journalist George Bridges, alerted Osborne to a research vacancy at Conservative Central Office. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Osborne」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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