Danny Kruger
Danny Kruger | |
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Official portrait, 2019 | |
| Shadow Minister for Work and Pensions | |
| Assumed office 5 November 2024 | |
| Leader | Kemi Badenoch |
| Preceded by | Alison McGovern |
| Shadow Minister for Defence | |
| In office 19 July 2024 – 5 November 2024 | |
| Leader | Rishi Sunak Kemi Badenoch |
| Preceded by | Luke Pollard |
| Succeeded by | Mark Francois |
| Member of Parliament for East Wiltshire Devizes (2019–2024) | |
| Assumed office 12 December 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Claire Perry O'Neill |
| Majority | 4,716 (10.0%) |
| Political Secretary to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | |
| In office 23 July 2019 – 12 December 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Stephen Parkinson |
| Succeeded by | Ben Gascoigne |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Daniel Rayne Kruger 23 October 1974 Westminster, London, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Children | 3 |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | Sam Leith (cousin) |
| Education | Eton College |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh University of Oxford |
Daniel Rayne Kruger MBE (born 23 October 1974) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Wiltshire, previously Devizes, since 2019. He became Shadow Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in November 2024.
The son of writer and property developer Rayne Kruger and restaurateur and television presenter Prue Leith, Kruger was educated at Eton College, subsequently studying history at the University of Edinburgh and University of Oxford. After university, he worked at the Centre for Policy Studies think tank, and then became a policy adviser for the Conservative Party.
Kruger became David Cameron's chief speechwriter in 2006, whilst Cameron was Leader of the Opposition. He left this role two years later to work full-time at a youth crime prevention charity that he had co-founded called Only Connect. For his charitable work, Kruger received an MBE in 2017. He was Prime Minister Boris Johnson's political secretary between August and December 2019.