David Cameron Biography

Fast Facts

• Graduated from Oxford University with a first class degree in politics, philosophy and economics
• Is descended from Kin William IV of Great Britain and Ireland
• Was a special adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Home Secretary
• Worked in the Conservative Party Research Department before being elected to office
• Spent 7 years working on the management board of Carlton Communications
• Quote: "I believe passionately that people should be free to run their own lives and to choose․ But personal responsibility must not mean selfish individualism․ There is a we in politics as well as a me․"
• Quote: "I think what actually matters in politics is not where you've come from but where we're all going to․"
• In 2001, he became the Conservative MP for Witney in West Oxfordshire
• Was elected as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 2010
• Cited his favorite album as "The Queen is Dead" by The Smiths