'''Thomas Georg John Tugendhat'''<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=61230 |date=18 May 2015 |page=9123}}</ref> {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE|VR}} (born 27 June 1973) is a British politician who has served as [[Minister of State for Security]] since 2022. A member of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]],hepolitician who has wasbeen the [[Member of Parliament (UK)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Tonbridge and Malling (UK Parliament constituency)|Tonbridge and Malling]] fromsince [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015]] until the constituency was abolished in [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Tonbridge and Malling constituency profile |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000839 |title=Tonbridge and Malling constituency profile |work=[[BBC News]] |accessurl-datestatus=16 August 2016 |archive-date=8 May 2015live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508044736/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000839 |urlarchive-statusdate=live8 May 2015 |access-date=16 August 2016 |work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> He has served as [[Minister of State for Security]] since 2022. Tugendhat was the chairman of the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] [[Foreign Affairs Select Committee|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 [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]]; Tugendhat served in the [[Iraq War]] and the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|Afghanistan War]].
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==Early life and education==
Thomas Tugendhat was born on 27 June 1973 in [[Westminster]], London, the son of [[Michael Tugendhat|Sir Michael Tugendhat]], a [[High Court of Justice|High Court judge]] and his French-born wife Blandine de Loisne.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Tugendhat, Hon. Sir Michael (George), (born 21 Oct. 1944), a Judge of the High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division, 2003–14; Judge in charge of Queen's Bench jury and non-jury lists, 2010–14 |journal=[[Who's Who (UK)|Who's Who]] |year=2007 |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U38156}}</ref> He is a nephew of [[Lord Tugendhat]], a businessman, former Vice President of the European Commission<ref>{{cite web |url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/1705/experience |title=Lord Tugendhat: Experience |website=[[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] |access-date=8 July 2022 |archive-date=1 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301111626/https://members.parliament.uk/member/1705/experience |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician.
He was educated at [[St Paul's School, London]], an all-boys [[Private schools in the United Kingdom|private school]], before studying theology at the [[University of Bristol]]. Tugendhat then did a Master's degree course in [[Islamic studies]] at [[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge]], and learning Arabic in Yemen.<ref>{{cite news |last=Boffey |first=Daniel |title=How representative are our MPs now? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/10/who-are-the-new-mps-middle-aged-white-men-again |newspaper=[[The Observer]] |date=10 May 2015 |access-date=7 July 2022 |archive-date=5 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205180031/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/10/who-are-the-new-mps-middle-aged-white-men-again |url-status=live }}</ref> Following university, he briefly served as a journalist at the Lebanese newspaper [[The Daily Star (Lebanon)|''The Daily Star'']].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=26 October 2022 |title=Tugendhat holds onto government security job {{!}} Security Journal UK |url=https://securityjournaluk.com/tugendhat-holds-onto-government-security-job/ |access-date=27 December 2022 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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<ref>{{cite web |title=Photograph of Tom Tugendhat's Military Uniform |url=https://twitter.com/tomtugendhat/status/1258754285166362629 |website=Twitter |access-date=28 February 2022 |archive-date=28 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228115332/https://twitter.com/tomtugendhat/status/1258754285166362629 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Photograph of Tom Tugendhat's Medals |url=https://twitter.com/TomTugendhat/status/1518573832319156225 |website=Twitter |access-date=18 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
