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Thomas Georg John Tugendhat (born 27 June 1973) is a British politician who has served as Minister of State for Security since September 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, Tugendhat has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tonbridge and Malling since 2015. Additionally, he was the chair of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee from 2017 to 2022.
Before entering politics, he worked as a journalist and as a public relations consultant in the Middle East. He also had a part-time role as an officer in the British Army reserves, the Territorial Army; he served in the Iraq War and the Afghanistan War.
In July 2022, Tugendhat stood in the Conservative Party leadership election, following Prime Minister Boris Johnson's resignation, and was eliminated in the third round of parliamentary voting. He subsequently supported Liz Truss's bid to become Conservative leader. Following Truss's appointment as Prime Minister, she appointed Tugendhat as Minister of State for Security, a role in which he continues to serve under the subsequent Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
