Jeremy Hunt, the re-elected MP for South West Surrey, has been appointed as Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport in a newly-created department in the Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition government.

Mr Hunt, whose constituency includes Hambledon, has been given the task of overseeing the London 2012 Olympics combined with the responsibilites he had as a shadow cabinet member in Opposition.

He was appointed to the post on Wednesday (May 12th) at a meeting with the new Prime Minister David Cameron at 10 Downing Street.

Mr Hunt was elected as Member of Parliament for South West Surrey in May 2005. He increased his Conservative majority at the General Election on May 6th, 2010.

Mr Hunt, 43, and his wife Lucia live in Farnham. He grew up in Surrey, attending Charterhouse School, before graduating with a first class honours degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Oxford. He runs his own educational publishing business having earlier worked as a management consultant and teaching in Japan.

His constituency office can be contacted by clicking here http://www.jeremyhunt.org/