Vince Cable

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Vince Cable is a British Liberal Democrat politician and economist who served as the UK's Business Secretary and later as leader of the Liberal Democrats.

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instanceOf British politician
Liberal Democrat politician
economist
human
birthName John Vincent Cable
coalitionGovernmentWith Conservative Party (UK)
surface form: Conservative Party
constituencyRepresented Twickenham
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1943-05-09
educatedAt Cambridge University NERFINISHED
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork economics
politics
formerSpouse Olympia Rebelo
hasWritten After the Storm
Money and Power
Open Arms
The Storm: The World Economic Crisis and What It Means
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
ideology social liberalism
leaderOf Liberal Democrats
leadershipEndTime 2019-07-22
leadershipStartTime 2017-07-20
memberOf Privy Council
surface form: Privy Council of the United Kingdom
name Vince Cable self-link
notableFor advocacy of industrial strategy and business policy
role in UK coalition government 2010–2015
numberOfChildren 3
officeEndTime 2015-05-11
officeStartTime 2010-05-12
parliamentaryTermEnd 2015
2019
parliamentaryTermStart 1997
2017
placeOfBirth York, England
politicalParty Liberal Democrats
positionHeld Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats
Leader of the Liberal Democrats
Member of Parliament for Twickenham
President of the Board of Trade
Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
precededBy Tim Farron
previousPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
surface form: Labour Party
profession economist
politician
servedInGovernmentOf David Cameron
spouse Rachel Smith
succeededBy Jo Swinson
workedAs chief economist at Royal Dutch Shell
workedFor Royal Dutch Shell

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Twickenham constituency notableFormerMP Vince Cable
subject surface form: Twickenham (UK Parliament constituency)
Vince Cable name Vince Cable self-link