What is Michael Gove's Net Worth?

Michael Gove is a British politician serving as Foreign Secretary for Upgrading, Housing and Communities and Secretary of State for intergovernmental relations since 2021.

He is a member of the Conservative Party, and held multiple Cabinet posts under Prime Ministers David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, and Rishi Sunak. Michael Gove twice ran to become Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party in 2016 and 2019, finishing third each time.

Born in Aberdeen, Michael Gove was cared for until he was adopted at the age of 4 months, after which he grew up in the Kittybrewster area of the city. He attended the independent Robert Gordon College and studied English at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.

He then embarked on a Press and Journal reporter career before a long stint as a top writer at The Times. Elected Surrey Heath in the 2005 general election, he was appointed to the Shadow Cabinet by David Cameron in 2007 as Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools, and Families.

Appointed Education Minister in the Cameron-Clegg union, Michael Gove ended the previous Labor government’s Build Schools for the Future plan, reforming A-Level and GCSE qualifications in favor of Final exams and response to the Trojan horse scandal. The Association of Principals, the National Association of Teachers and Speakers, the National Union of Teachers, and the NASUWT adopted a motion of no confidence in their policies at their conferences in 2013. During the reform In 2014, he was transferred to the position of Head of the Department.

Following the 2015 general election and the formation of a Cameron majority government, Michael Gove was promoted to Justice Minister and Prime Minister. As a co-host of Vote Leave, he and Johnson, a Conservative MP, were considered one of the most prominent figures in the 2016 referendum on EU membership. He was Borris Johnson’s campaign manager in the 2016 Conservative Party leadership election but withdrew his support the morning Johnson was due to announce and announce his own candidacy, coming in third behind May and Andrea Leadsom.

Following May’s appointment as Prime Minister, Michael Gove was removed from the Cabinet but appointed to the government in 2017 as Foreign Secretary for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs following the general election. He launched his second Conservative Party leadership campaign in 2019, coming in third behind Johnson and Jeremy Hunt. Following Johnson’s appointment as Prime Minister, Michael Gove was appointed Chancellor of the Principality of Lancaster, with responsibilities including preparing for a no-deal Brexit.

He took on an additional role as Cabinet Office Minister during the cabinet reshuffle in 2020. Following the cabinet reshuffle in 2021, he served as Secretary of State for Levels, Housing Communities, and Ministries. Head of Intergovernmental Relations until Michael Gove asked Johnson to resign in July over the Government crisis in 2022 and Johnson’s dismissal. Under Rishi Sunak, Michael Gove was reinstated to his previous roles as Secretary of State for Upgrading, Housing and Communities and Minister of Intergovernmental Relations.

Michael Gove was born Graeme Andrew Logan on August 26, 1967. His biological mother, who he initially thought was a single student from Edinburgh, is actually a 23-year-old cooking showman. He considered his birthplace to be Edinburgh until his 2019 biography revealed that he was born in a maternity ward in Fonthill Road, Aberdeen. When he was four months old, he was adopted by a Labor couple in Aberdeen, Ernest Gove (died 2023) and Christine Gove, who had raised him.

After joining the Gove family, Logan’s name was changed to Michael Andrew Gove. His adoptive father, Ernest, runs a fish processing business and his adoptive mother, Christine, was a laboratory assistant at the University of Aberdeen, before working at the Aberdeen School for the Deaf.

Michael Gove, his parents, and adopted sister Angela Christine lived on a small estate in the Kittybrewster area of Aberdeen, before moving to Rosehill Drive. He attended two public schools (Sunnybank Elementary School and Kittybrewster Elementary School) and then on the recommendation of his primary school teacher he passed and passed the Independent College Entrance Examination.

In October 2012, he wrote a letter apologizing to his former French teacher for his misconduct in class. Michael Gove joined the Labor Party in 1983 and campaigned on behalf of the party for the 1983 general election. Outside of school, he spends time as a Sunday school teacher at Causewayend Church. When he entered 6th grade, he had to apply for a scholarship because of his family’s economic difficulties. He passed the scholarship exam and served as the school’s prefect for the last two years of his life.

From 1985 to 1988, he read English at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, during which time he joined the Conservative Party. He became a member of the Oxford University Conservative Association and was secretary of the Young Southern Aberdeen Conservative Party. He helped write speeches for Cabinet and Shadow Cabinet ministers, including Peter Lilley and Michael Howard.

During his first year, he met Prime Minister Boris Johnson and led his campaign to become President of the Oxford Union. In an interview with Andrew Gimson, Michael Gove commented that at Oxford, Johnson was “the best improv lecturer of his generation”. He was elected president of the Oxford Union a year after Johnson and graduated with upper second.

After graduating from university, when he applied for a job at the Conservative Research Department, he was deemed “not political enough” and “not conservative enough”, so he turned to journalism.

Michael Gove met journalist Sarah Vine in 1998 when he was the commentary editor and she was the art editor at The Times; they got married in October 2001, and have two children: a daughter born in 2003 and a son born in 2004. In July 2021, a joint statement on behalf of Gove and Vine indicated that they had agreed to separate and were in the process of finalizing their divorce. In January 2022, the divorce was finalized due to Michael Gove’s unreasonable behavior.