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My Take
Hammond is the kind of politician I find genuinely valuable precisely because he isn't flashy. An Oxford-educated Brit from Epping, he held practically every senior brief, Transport, Defence, Foreign Secretary, and finally Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2016 to 2019. He always struck me as a numbers-and-ledgers man rather than a showman, and steady, unglamorous hands like his are what actually keep a state functioning. Holding the purse strings through the turbulence of Brexit must have been brutally stressful work. Now a life peer in the Lords, he carries the weight of someone who chose competence over theatrics, and I respect that.
Overview
Philip Hammond, Baron Hammond of Runnymede (born 4 December 1955) is a British politician and life peer who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2016 to 2019 and Foreign Secretary from 2014 to 2016, having previously served as Defence Secretary from 2011 to 2014 and Transport Secretary from 2010 to 2011.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Philip Hammond
- Name (Japanese)
- フィリップ・ハモンド
- Reading
- ふぃりっぷ・はもんど
- Born
- December 4, 1955 (age 70)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Goat
- Origin
- Epping, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- politician
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Shenfield High School
- University
- University College, Oxford
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.