Zac Goldsmith
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January 20, 1975
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Zac Goldsmith Bio
Frank Zacharias Robin Goldsmith (born January 20, 1975 in Westminster, London, England, UK) is a British politician, journalist and member of the House of Lords. He is the son of business tycoon and politician Sir James Goldsmith.
From 1995 to 1996, Zac worked for the California-based environmental economics thinktank Redefining Progress, before working for the non-profit International Society for Ecology and Culture. In 1998, Zac became editor of the Ecologist magazine. He held the position for nine years and in 2005, joined the Conservative Party.
In 2003, Zac received the Beacon Prize as Young Philanthropist of the Year in 2003. He also received Mikhail Gorbachev’s Green Cross International’s Global Green Award for International Environmental Leadership in 2004. In 2006, Zac was invited by the new Conservative party leader David Cameron to co-head a review of the party’s environmental policies. In 2010, he was first elected as Member of Parliament for his home seat of Richmond Park and North Kingston.
Zac was selected to be the Conservative candidate in the 2016 London mayoral election. However, he lost to Labour’s Sadiq Khan. In February 2020, he was made Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.
