George Eustice
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Charles George Eustice (born 28 September 1971) is a British politician and former public relations executive who held office as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs between 2020 and 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Camborne and Redruth since 2010.[2]
George Eustice | |
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Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | |
In office 13 February 2020 – 6 September 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
Preceded by | Theresa Villiers |
Succeeded by | Ranil Jayawardena |
Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food[lower-alpha 1] | |
In office 25 July 2019 – 13 February 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
Preceded by | Robert Goodwill |
Succeeded by | Victoria Prentis |
In office 8 October 2013 – 28 February 2019 | |
Prime Minister | David Cameron Theresa May |
Preceded by | David Heath |
Succeeded by | Robert Goodwill |
Member of Parliament for Camborne and Redruth | |
Assumed office 6 May 2010 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Majority | 8,700 (17.3%) |
Personal details | |
Born | (1971-09-28) 28 September 1971 (age 52) Penzance, Cornwall, England |
Political party | Conservative |
Other political affiliations | UK Independence Party (former) |
Spouse | Katy Eustice[1] |
Website | georgeeustice |
In the 1999 European Parliament elections, Eustice stood unsuccessfully as a UK Independence Party (UKIP) candidate in South West England. He later joined the Conservative Party and was the Director of Communications at CCHQ; and from 2005 to 2008, he served as David Cameron's Press Secretary during his tenure as Leader of the Opposition. In 2009, Eustice joined Portland Communications, a public relations company.[3]
Eustice was elected to the House of Commons in 2010. In October 2013, as part of Prime Minister Cameron's ministerial reshuffle, Eustice was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.[4][5] On 11 May 2015 he was promoted to Minister of State within the same department.[6] He was retained by Prime Minister Theresa May; however, he resigned from this position on 28 February 2019. Eustice was reappointed to his previous role by Prime Minister Boris Johnson on 25 July 2019. On 13 February 2020 he joined the Cabinet replacing Theresa Villiers as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, a position he held until Johnson's successor Liz Truss dismissed him from it upon taking office in September 2022. He announced in January 2023 that he would not stand for reelection at the next UK general election.[7]