Akwasi Addo Alfred Kwarteng is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Spelthorne in northern Surrey since 2010.
Before becoming a member of parliament, Kwarteng worked as a columnist for The Daily Telegraph and as a financial analyst at JPMorgan Chase as well as at WestLB and the hedge fund Odey Asset Management. He wrote a book, Ghosts of Empire, about the legacy of the British Empire, published by Bloomsbury in 2011. He also co-authored Gridlock Nation with Jonathan Dupont in 2011, about the causes of and solutions to traffic congestion in Britain.
Considered A rising star on the right of the party by 2015, Kwarteng initially became a Conservative candidate in the constituency of Brent East at the 2005 general election. He finished in third place. Kwarteng was chairman of the conservative think tank Bow Group in 2006. In the same year, The Times suggested that he could become the first black Conservative cabinet minister. He was sixth on the Conservative list of candidates for the London Assembly in the 2008 London Assembly election but was not elected, as the Conservatives obtained only three London-wide list seats.
Kwasi Kwarteng Wife: Meet Harriet Edwards
Kwasi Kwarteng is married to Harriet Edwards, the couple have been together since 2019 till date.
Harriet is a senior solicitor at the accounting firm KPMG. She specializes in advising her clients on succession planning. She studied at Cheltenham Ladies College along with other big names including Amber Rudd, Amanda Wakeley, and Mary Archer, according to The Times
