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Ruth Kelly MP: Economic Secretary


Ruth Kelly was appointed Economic Secretary to the Treasury on 11 June 2001.

Member for Bolton West since 1 May 1997, this is her first ministerial position.

Ruth was previously the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Nick Brown at the Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (since 1998). She was a member of the Treasury Select Committee between 1997 and 1998.

Educated at Queen's College, Oxford, and with an MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics, Ruth has also worked at the Bank of England in the Inflation Report Division (1994-1996) and was Economics Writer on the Guardian newspaper (1990-1994).

Ruth is married with two daughters and a son.

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