Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg's CV
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.
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Hide Ad 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.