Baroness Kramer
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The Right Honourable The Baroness Kramer PC |
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| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for the Treasury | |
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In office 16 July 2015 – 8 May 2017 |
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| Leader | Tim Farron |
| Preceded by | Danny Alexander |
| Succeeded by | Sir Vince Cable |
| Minister of State for Transport | |
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In office 7 October 2013 – 8 May 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Simon Burns |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Jones (Under Secretary of State) |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Transport | |
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In office 7 January 2015 – 16 July 2015 |
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| Leader | Nick Clegg |
| Preceded by | Norman Baker (2010) |
| Succeeded by | The Baroness Randerson |
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In office January 2006 – December 2007 |
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| Leader |
Menzies Campbell Vince Cable (Acting) |
| Preceded by | Tom Brake |
| Succeeded by | Norman Baker |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for the Cabinet Office | |
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In office December 2007 – January 2009 |
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| Leader | Nick Clegg |
| Preceded by | Norman Baker |
| Succeeded by | Jenny Willott |
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Member of Parliament for Richmond Park |
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In office 6 May 2005 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Jenny Tonge |
| Succeeded by | Zac Goldsmith |
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal |
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Assumed office 22 December 2010 Life Peerage |
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| Personal details | |
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Susan Veronica Richards 21 July 1950 London, England, UK |
| Political party | Liberal Democrats |
| Spouse(s) | John Kramer (1972–2006) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater |
St Hilda's College, Oxford University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
| Website | Official website |
Susan Veronica Kramer, Baroness Kramer, PC (née Richards; born 21 July 1950) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. She was Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond Park from 2005 to 2010, prior to that having a career in infrastructure finance and in 2000 having been a candidate in the London mayoral election.
Susan Veronica Richards was born in Holborn, London, on 22 July 1950. She was educated at St Paul's Girls' School, an independent school in London. She then attended St Hilda's College, University of Oxford, where she read Philosophy, Politics and Economics. She served as the President of the Oxford Union in 1971. She then earned her MBA at the University of Illinois in the United States.
Kramer began her career in finance, and rose to become a Vice-President of Citibank in Chicago. She and her husband then set up Infrastructure Capital Partners, a firm which advised on infrastructure projects, primarily in Central and Eastern Europe.
She contested Dulwich and West Norwood in 1997, coming third behind the Labour incumbent Tessa Jowell and the Conservative candidate Roger W. Gough.
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