Michael Gove

Michael Andrew Gove (born August 26, 1967, Edinburgh) is a British politician, journalist and author. He has been the Conservative MP for Surrey Heath since 2005.

Personal life

Gove was born in Edinburgh. At four-months-old, he was adopted by a family in Aberdeen, where he was brought up. His adopted father was an fish merchant who still works part-time in the fish-processing business. His mother worked as a lab assistant at Aberdeen University and with deaf children for Aberdeen district council. He was educated in the state and independent sectors in Aberdeen and read English at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford from 1985.

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Aberdeen University - Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford - 1985

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He is married to a writer on The Times, Sarah Vine and has two young children.

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