Jonathan Hill, Baron Hill of Oareford

Jonathan Hopkin Hill, Baron Hill of Oareford, of Oareford in the County of Somerset CBE ( born July 24, 1960) is a British business leaders and politicians of the Conservative Party, which is a life peer member of the House of Lords since 2010. Since 2013 he is the leader of the House of Lords and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

Life

After going to school and studying Hill began his career in 1983 at RIT & Northern and then worked 1984-1985 at the publishing house Hamish Hamilton, before he was from 1985 to 1986 employees in the research department of the Conservative Party. Subsequently, he was was 1986-1989 Special Advisor by Kenneth Clarke, the Paymaster General at that time, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and finally health minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

In 1988, he initially returned to the private sector and was until 1991 Employees at Lowe Bell Communications, before he first employee in the policy staff at 10 Downing Street in 1991 and then between 1992 and 1994 Political Secretary to Prime Minister John Major was. In 1994, Hill, who in 1995 Commander of the Order of the British Empire was, as a senior consultant to the resulting from Lowe Bell Communications company Bell Pottinger Communications and was followed between 1998 and 2010 Director of PR agency Quiller Consultants.

By Letters Patent of May 27, 2010 Hill was raised as a life peer with the title Baron Hill of Oareford, of Oareford in the County of Somerset in the peerage. Shortly afterwards, was his introduction ( Introduction) as a member of the House of Lords. In the upper house he belongs to the Group of the Conservative Party. Shortly thereafter, he was appointed to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Ministry of Education, where he is responsible for schools.

On January 7, 2013, took over after the resignation of Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde his duties as leader of the House of Lords and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

Publications

• Too Close to Call ( co-author Sarah Hogg, 1995)