22 Facts About Jo Johnson

Joseph Edmund Johnson, Baron Johnson of Marylebone, was born on 23 December 1971 and is a British politician who was Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation from July to September 2019, and from 2015 to 2018.

Jo Johnson was appointed Director of the Number 10 Policy Unit in 2013 by Prime Minister David Cameron.

Jo Johnson became Minister of State for the Cabinet Office in 2014 and Universities Minister in 2015.

Since retiring from politics, Jo Johnson has become non-executive chairman at Tes.

Jo Johnson is a senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, and President's Professorial Fellow at King's College London.

Jo Johnson has since returned to his work as a journalist at outlets including the Financial Times.

Jo Johnson is the youngest of four children of former Conservative MEP Stanley Johnson and artist Charlotte Johnson Wahl, the daughter of Sir James Fawcett, a barrister and president of the European Commission of Human Rights from 1972 to 1981.

Jo Johnson is the brother of Boris Jo Johnson, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Conservative MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip; Rachel, a journalist; and Leo, an entrepreneur, filmmaker and partner at the professional services firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Jo Johnson first attended the European School in Uccle, before attending The Hall School in Hampstead, London, Ashdown House School in East Sussex, and then Eton College.

Jo Johnson was a Scholar at Balliol, edited Isis, the Oxford University student magazine, and was awarded a First Class degree in both Honour Moderations and Finals.

Jo Johnson's books include the co-authored The Man Who Tried To Buy the World, about the French businessman Jean-Marie Messier.

Jo Johnson commentated on radio and television, and spoke in public on the rise of India, as well as on the UK political economy and financial affairs.

Jo Johnson's majority increased again in the general election of 2015, to 19,979.

On 11 May 2015, it was announced that Jo Johnson had been appointed Minister for Universities and Science at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

On 9 January 2018, Jo Johnson left his role as Minister for Universities and accepted a new position as Minister of Transport and Minister for London.

On 9 November 2018, Jo Johnson resigned his position, citing disillusionment with the government's Brexit strategy and called for a fresh vote on Brexit with an option to remain.

Jo Johnson argued that Britain was "on the brink of the greatest crisis" since World War Two and claimed that what was on offer was not "anything like what was promised".

Jo Johnson called on his Conservative Party MPs to vote down Theresa May's Brexit deal on 11 December 2018, stating that it was 'half baked' and the 'worst of both worlds'.

Jo Johnson resigned as a minister in December 2018 because he wanted to be free to endorse a proposed referendum on the Brexit withdrawal agreement.

Jo Johnson was appointed to the privy council the next day.

Jo Johnson stood down at the next general election rather than resigning.

Jo Johnson delivered his maiden speech on the afternoon of Thursday 4 March 2021.