Harold Osborne
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The Right Honourable Harold Osborne KC | |
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| Prime Minister of Esthursia | |
| Assumed office 30 January 2015 | |
| Monarch | Arthur IX |
| Deputy | Elizabeth Grey |
| Preceded by | John Largan |
| Leader of the Social Democrats | |
| Assumed office 30 January 2015 | |
| Preceded by | John Largan |
| Secretary of State for Health and Care | |
| In office 23 January 2011 – 30 January 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | John Largan |
| Preceded by | Rosemary Manning |
| Succeeded by | Jeremy Wilson |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Working Rights | |
| In office 17 June 2007 – 23 January 2011 | |
| Leader | John Largan |
| Preceded by | Jacob Newham-Smith |
| Succeeded by | William Gloucester |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Care | |
| In office 17 June 2007 – 23 January 2011 | |
| Leader | Mark Willesden |
| Preceded by | Graham Jones |
| Succeeded by | Rosemary Manning |
| Baron for Brantley Newcaster | |
| Assumed office 2 April 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Edmund North |
| Minister for Brantley Greenhill | |
| In office 16 October 1998 – 2 April 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Janine Marbury |
| Succeeded by | Richard Elmstead |
| Majority | 28,789 (40.7%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Harold James Osborne 19 June 1964 Brantley, Esthursia |
| Nationality | Esthursian (Osynstric) |
| Political party | Social Democrats |
| Spouse | Georgia Edwards (m. 1989) |
| Children | 2, Adam and Emma |
| Residence | 192 Llywellyn's Street |
| Alma mater | University of Brantley |
| Profession | Human rights lawyer |
Harold Osborne (Harold James Osborne; born 19 June, 1964) has been the Prime Minister of Esthursia since 30 January 2015. Alongside his role as Prime Minister, Osborne also serves as the Leader of the Social Democrats and has represented Brantley South as a Baron since the 2006 Esthursian general election. Osborne identifies as a "true social democrat", and has been seen by many as increasingly positioned towards the left of his party. He has also previously served as Secretary for Health under John Largan's administration, and in the Shadow Cabinet under Largan and Mark Willesden, having been seen as a rising star throughout the 2000s Harding era. His position as Shadow Secretary for Working Rights became unexpectedly important after the 2010 market crash and preceding industrial action, and he became a vocal critic of the Einarsson government.
Early life
Osborne was born and grew up in suburban Brantley, in the north of Osynstry, and attended selective state schools for both primary and secondary, before staying within Brantley for university. It is known that Osborne joined the Social Democrats in his first year of university, after meeting with then-Prime Minister Edgar Heresparn.
Osborne studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Sutton, an Oakland Group university within five kilometres of his home borough.
Before politics
Osborne entered the field of work in 1986, when a law firm in Shefforth employed him as a junior solicitor. Although most of his work was low profile, he was involved in the National Trade Union vs William Greenwood case in 1988 when Greenwood was controversially acquitted of human rights abuses, in a case that the Conservatives were accused of jury tampering in and in which a majority verdict rather than a unanimous one had to be reached.
He had also entered journalism, working with the Daily Herald - a newspaper which would later endorse his leadership campaign and election campaign - and mainly focussing on working rights. Osborne disclosed in an article in 1991 that he had voted Social Democrat, and had done so since being eligible in November 1982.
Osborne voted for John Largan to be Social Democrat leader in 1998, who lost to Mark Willesden.