Annunziata Mary Rees-Mogg is a British freelance journalist whose focus is finance, economics, and European politics.
15 Facts About Annunziata Rees-Mogg
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Annunziata Rees-Mogg was a Brexit Party, then Conservative politician, during 2019 and into early 2020.
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Formerly active in Conservative Party politics, Annunziata Rees-Mogg was added to the party's A-List by David Cameron.
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Annunziata Rees-Mogg stood unsuccessfully as a Conservative parliamentary candidate in the 2005 and 2010 general elections.
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On 12 April 2019, Annunziata Rees-Mogg was selected as a candidate for the Brexit Party in the East Midlands constituency in the European Parliament elections and won a seat.
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Annunziata Rees-Mogg resigned the party whip in December 2019 to support the Conservative Party's Brexit strategy.
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Annunziata Mary Rees-Mogg is one of the daughters of William Rees-Mogg, Lord Rees-Mogg, a former editor of The Times, and his wife Gillian Shakespeare Morris; she is the youngest sister of Jacob Rees-Mogg.
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Annunziata Rees-Mogg joined the Conservative Party at the age of five.
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Annunziata Rees-Mogg was educated at Godolphin and Latymer School in Hammersmith, West London, an independent day school for girls.
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Annunziata Rees-Mogg opposed the Hunting Act 2004, which outlawed hunting of wild mammals with dogs.
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Annunziata Rees-Mogg was selected as prospective parliamentary candidate for Somerton and Frome in 2006.
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Annunziata Rees-Mogg defected just one week prior to the UK 2019 General Election, urging voters to vote Conservative.
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Annunziata Rees-Mogg sat as an independent in the European Parliament for a month and became a Conservative MEP in January 2020, just three weeks before the UK left the EU and the UK MEP positions were abolished.
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Annunziata Rees-Mogg was a Member of the European Parliament for the East Midlands region from May 2019 until the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU on 31 January 2020.
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In September 2010, Annunziata Rees-Mogg became engaged to Matthew Glanville and on 6 November 2010, they were married in Lucca, Italy.