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About Alan Duncan 
Alan was born in 1957, and was educated at BeechwoodParkSchool, Herts; Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood; St John'sCollege, Oxford and as a Kennedy Scholar at Harvard University, USA.
He worked for Shell International Petroleum, and subsequently for an independent commodity company as a trader of crude oil and refined products. He lived in Singapore from 1984-1986 and, since 1989, has owned his own oil broking and advisory company. He has travelled extensively, especially in the Middle East and South-East Asia.
Alan's Experience
Alan was President of the Oxford Union in 1979 and, from 1979-1984, was active in the Battersea Conservative Association. He contested Barnsley West and Penistone in the 1987 General Election. He was elected to Rutland & Melton in the election of 1992.
His publications include An End To Illusions (Demos 1993), and co-authored with Dominic Hobson Saturn's Children - How the State Devours Liberty, Prosperity and Virtue (Sinclair Stevenson May 1995).
He served on the Social Security Select Committee 1993-95 and was Chairman of the Conservative Backbench Constitutional Affairs Committee 1994-95.
In July 1995, he was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Rt Hon Dr Brian Mawhinney MP, Chairman of the Conservative Party.
In June 1997 he was appointed Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party, and Parliamentary Political Secretary to the Leader of the Party.
In June 1998, Alan was appointed Shadow Health Minister. In June 1999, was appointed Shadow Trade and Industry Spokesman. In September 2001, he was appointed a Frontbench Spokesman for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs. In November 2003, he became Shadow Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs. In September 2004, he was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for International Development.
In May 2005, he became the Shadow Secretary of State for Transport. In December 2005, Alan was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Trade & Industry, in June 2007 has served as Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory reform. And most recently in 2010 the Prime Minister appionted Alan the Minister of State for International Development.
How do I get in touch with Alan?
Contact details for Alan Duncan.
Email: rutmel@tiscali.co.uk
Telephone: 020 7219 5204
Fax: 020 7219 2529
Website: www.alanduncan.org.uk
Postal Address: House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
 
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