Nicholas William Peter Clegg ("Nick")

Deputy Prime Minister, Lord President of the Council, Minister for Constitutional and Political Reform

Date of Birth: 07/01/1967
Place of Birth: Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire, UK

Education: Caldicott School, Buckinghamshire, UK.

Westminster School, London, UK.

Robinson College, Cambridge University, UK.

University of Minnesota, USA.  

College of Europe, Belgium.

Career: Financial Times journalist and winner of the Financial Times' David Thomas prize 1993-1994.

Worked for the European Commission, managing aid programs to the former Soviet Union 1994-1999.

Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament (MEP) 1999-2004.

Lobbyist for political lobbying firm GPlus and part-time lecturer in Politics at the University of Sheffield 2004-2005.

MP for Sheffield Hallam 2005- .

Leader of the Liberal Democrats 2007- .