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'''Robert Edward Jenrick''' (born 1982 in [[Wolverhampton]], [[Staffordshire|Staffs.]]) is an English politician and Member of Parliament for Newark in [[Nottinghamshire]], having represented that constituency for the Tory Party since the 2014 Newark by-election. He is also a former Cabinet minister, serving as Minister of State for Immigration in the [[Sunak]] ministry from 2022 to 2023, Minister of State for Health during the short-lived premiership of [[Liz Truss]] in September and October 2022. He also served as Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government under [[Boris Johnson]]'s government from 2019 to 2021.
== Early life ==
Robert Edward Jenrick was born on 9 January 1982 in [[Wolverhampton]] in [[Staffordshire]]. He attended the private Wolverhampton Grammar School. Jenrick grew up in [[Ludlow]] in [[Shropshire]] as well as in [[Herefordshire]].
Jenrick studied history at Cambridge University, from which he graduated in 2003.
== Views ==
=== US politics ===
On 4 August 2024, Jenrick told ''[[GB News]]'' that, were he an American citizen, he would vote for Donald Trump over Kamala Harris in the 2024 United States presidential election.<ref>[https://x.com/GBNEWS/status/1820035348144980194 GB News on X: ‘If I were an American citizen, I would be voting for Donald trump.’ ]</ref>
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