Rt Hon David Lidington MP was appointed Minister of State at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office on 14 May 2010, with responsibilities for the EU, Europe, Europe (including Balkans, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova), Russia, South Caucasus, Central Asia, NATO and European Security, OSCE and the Council of Europe.
David Lidington was elected to Parliament in 1992 and is the Member of Parliament for Aylesbury.
He has a long standing passion for history, and has twice captained a champion team on University Challenge, first in 1979 and then in 2002 when the Sidney Sussex team became “champion of champions” in University Challenge Reunited.

Positions held:
· Member of Parliament for Aylesbury, 1992 - present
· Parliamentary Private Secretary to the then Home Secretary, the Rt Hon Michael Howard QC MP, 1994 to 1997
· Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition, Rt Hon William Hague MP, June 1997
· Shadow Opposition Spokesman at the Home Office, June 1999
· Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury, September 2001
· Shadow Minister for Agriculture, May 2002
· Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, November 2003
· Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, July 2007 – May 2010
· Minister of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, May 2010 - present

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