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Ed Davey

エド・デービー　/　えど・でーびー

Politician from United Kingdom

December 25, 1965 (age 60)　・　Mansfield, United Kingdom

politician
economist

My Take

Ed Davey interests me as a politician who plays the long game. Leading the Liberal Democrats since 2019 is no small task for a third party in British politics, and I respect that he came up through serious policy work, serving as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change in the coalition years. An Oxford-educated economist by training, he clearly grasps the numbers behind the rhetoric. His knighthood signals establishment recognition, yet his job is essentially to keep a smaller voice heard. I think that tension, between insider credentials and outsider party, is what makes his career worth watching closely.

Overview

Sir Edward Jonathan Davey (born 25 December 1965) is a British politician who has served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats since 2019. He served in the Cameron–Clegg coalition as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change from 2012 to 2015 and as Deputy Leader to Jo Swinson in 2019.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Ed Davey
Name (Japanese): エド・デービー
Reading: えど・でーびー
Born: December 25, 1965 (age 60)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Capricorn / Snake
Origin: Mansfield, United Kingdom
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: politician / economist

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Nottingham High School
University: Jesus College

Awards & achievements

Knight Bachelor

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Official sitehttps://www.eddavey.org/
Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/edwardjdavey/
Xhttps://x.com/EdwardJDavey
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC

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