David Freud, Baron Freud
The Lord Freud | |
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Official portrait, 2019 | |
| Minister of State for Welfare Reform | |
| In office 11 May 2010 – 21 December 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Jim Knight |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Henley |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 29 June 2009 Life Peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 June 1950 |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | Merton College, Oxford |
David Anthony Freud, Baron Freud, PC (born 24 June 1950) is a British politician, life peer, and former investment banker who served as Minister for Welfare Reform from 2010 to 2016. Before he joined the Conservative Party, he was vice-chairman of investment banking at UBS and a government adviser on welfare reform.