Michael Foster (Worcester MP)
| Michael John Foster | |
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development |
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In office 5 October 2008 – 6 May 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Shahid Malik |
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Member of Parliament for Worcester |
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In office 1 May 1997 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Luff |
| Succeeded by | Robin Walker |
| Majority | 3,144 (6.8%) |
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14 March 1963 Birmingham, West Midlands |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Shauna Ogle |
| Alma mater | University of Wolverhampton |
Michael John Foster (born 14 March 1963) is a former Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Worcester from 1997 until 2010, and was the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for International Development.
Michael Foster was born in Birmingham and was educated at the Great Wyrley High School in Great Wyrley near Cannock, and Wolverhampton Polytechnic (now Wolverhampton University) where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics in 1984. He later studied at the University of Wolverhampton where he received a Postgraduate Certificate in Education in 1995.
He followed in his father Brian's footsteps when he joined Jaguar Cars in 1984 as a financial analyst, becoming a senior analyst in 1985 and a management accountant in 1987. He left Jaguar in 1991 to become a lecturer in accountancy and finance at Worcester College of Technology, where he remained until he became an MP.
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