Andrew Mitchell

Rt Hon Sir Andrew Mitchell MP was previously the Shadow Foreign Secretary and Deputy Foreign Secretary and the Minister of State for International Development and Africa in the Foreign Office.
Sir Andrew was Secretary of State for International Development in the British Government from May 2010 until he became Government Chief Whip in September 2012.
Prior to joining the cabinet in 2010, he held junior ministerial positions in Government (1992-1997) and in opposition (2003-2010). He has been a Member of Parliament since 1987 and the Member for Royal Sutton Coldfield since 2001.
Prior to entering Parliament, he was an Officer in the British Army (Royal Tank Regiment) and a UN Peacekeeper before joining the international Investment Bank, Lazard where he worked on and off for 30 years. He was a Director of Lazard Asia and Lazard India as well as of Lazard London.
His award-winning autobiography ‘’ Beyond a Fringe: Tales from a reformed Establishment lackey’’ – was published in 2022.
Sir Andrew was educated at Rugby School and Cambridge University, where he was elected President of the Cambridge Union.