BIOGRAPHY

Penny Mordaunt Biography, Age, Parents, Husband & Children, Net Worth

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1 year ago

May 6, 2023

Penny Mordaunt is a British politician who has been Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council since September 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, she has been a Member of Parliament (MP) for Portsmouth North since May 2010.

Penny Mordaunt Biography

She served as a junior minister under Boris Johnson, having previously served in Theresa May's cabinet as Secretary of State for International Development from 2017 to 2019, and as Secretary of State for Defence from May to July 2019. She ran twice for the Conservative party leadership in July–September, and October 2022, losing to Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak respectively.

Mordaunt read philosophy at the University of Reading, before working in the public relations industry. She held roles within the Conservative Party under party leaders John Major and William Hague, and also worked for George W. Bush's presidential campaigns in 2000 and 2004. Mordaunt was elected to the House of Commons in May 2010. Under the coalition government of David Cameron, she served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Decentralisation from 2014 to 2015. After the 2015 general election, Cameron promoted her to Minister of State for the Armed Forces, the first woman to hold the post.

Penny Mordaunt Age

She was born on born 4 March 1973.

Penny Mordaunt Parents

Penny Mordaunt was born in Torquay, United Kingdom to her parents; Jennifer (mother) and John Mordaunt (father).

Penny Mordaunt Husband & Children

Penny Mordaunt does not have children, he was previously married to Paul Murray, a man she met when they were both students at the University of Reading and then got married in 1999 only to divorce the following year.

She also dated businessman Ian Lyon, a part-time classical singer but none of the two relationships gave birth to a child for Penny.