Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg's CV

Born 1967 in Chalfont St Giles and educated at Caldicott and Westminster schools.

• 1986 - 1989: MA in anthropology at Cambridge University.

• 1989 - 1990: Political philosophy at Minnesota University.

• 1991 - 1992: MA in European affairs at the College of Europe.

• 1992 - 1995: Worked as a journalist with Christopher Hitchens before becoming a consultant in London and then moving to Budapest to write about economic reform.

• 1995 - 1999: Employed by the European Commission managing aid projects in Asia as well as being a trade negotiator with China and Russia.

• 1999: Elected Member of the European Parliament for the East Midlands, later acting as the Liberal spokesman on trade and industry.

• 2005: Elected as MP for Sheffield Hallam, becoming Europe spokesman in Charles Kennedy's front bench team, and later the party's spokesman on home affairs.

• 2007: Elected leader of the Liberal Democrats.