James Sorene

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James Sorene is head of communications and official spokesman for the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg. [1]

Background

Sorene was previously deputy director of communications and head of news at UK Department of Health for four years (2007-11) and deputy head of news at the Home Office (2000-2007). [2]

Education

Sorene has a law degree from Queen Mary University of London and a masters degree from the School of Oriental and African Studies on the politics and history of the Middle East. His details his areas of expertise as 'Islamic extremism, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Middle East peace process, history and politics of Egypt and Syria. His Masters thesis (1997) was on 'the history of Jerusalem and its use as a tool in Israeli politics'.


Notes

  1. Deputy Prime Minister's press office, GOV.UK, accessed 18 September 2014.
  2. James Sorene, LinkedIn, undated, accessed 7 October 2014