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'''David Lammy''' (born 19 July 1972) is
Born in [[Holloway, London|Holloway]], Lammy attended [[The King's School, Peterborough]]. He studied law at the [[School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)]], [[University of London]] and was called to the bar in 1994. He later studied for a [[Master of Laws]] degree at [[Harvard University]], becoming the first Black briton to study at [[Harvard Law School|Harvard Law school]]. In 2000, Lammy briefly served in the [[London Assembly]] before being elected to Parliament in the 2000 Tottenham by-election. He was appointed [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health, Start for Life and Primary Care|Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health]] in 2002 by Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]] and became Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs in 2003. He was promoted to Minister of State for Culture in 2005. In 2007, Prime Minister [[Gordon Brown]] appointed him Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills before Lammy served as [[Minister of State for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education|Minister of State for Higher Education]] from 2008 to 2010.
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