Definitions for kwarteng
kwarteng

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1. Kwarteng

   Akwasi Addo Alfred Kwarteng (born 26 May 1975) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Spelthorne in northern Surrey since May 2010. He was Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in the Boris Johnson government from 2021 to 2022, and Chancellor of the Exchequer in the short-lived Liz Truss government between September and October 2022.Kwarteng was born in London to Ghanaian immigrant parents and was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He worked as a columnist for The Daily Telegraph and as a financial analyst before standing for election to the House of Commons. As a backbencher, Kwarteng co-wrote a number of papers and books, including After the Coalition (2011) and Britannia Unchained (2012). In November 2018, Kwarteng was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union by Theresa May. After May resigned in 2019, Kwarteng supported Boris Johnson's bid to become Conservative leader. Following Johnson's appointment as Prime Minister, he appointed Kwarteng as the Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth. In January 2021, Kwarteng was promoted to the office of Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, a role he retained throughout the remainder of Johnson's premiership. After Johnson resigned in 2022, Kwarteng supported Liz Truss's bid to become Conservative leader. Following Truss's appointment as Prime Minister, she appointed Kwarteng as Chancellor of the Exchequer. He was the first black Chancellor. On 23 September, Kwarteng announced various tax cuts in a "mini-budget" that was widely criticised and which briefly caused sterling to fall to its lowest-ever level against the US dollar. Kwarteng was dismissed as Chancellor on 14 October after 38 days, making him the second-shortest-serving Chancellor. He was succeeded by Jeremy Hunt, appointed by Truss and retained by Rishi Sunak following Truss's resignation.

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1. KWARTENG

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Kwarteng is ranked #47614 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Kwarteng surname appeared 445 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Kwarteng.
   
   97.7% or 435 total occurrences were Black.

How to pronounce kwarteng?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say kwarteng in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of kwarteng in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of kwarteng in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwarteng
2. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html