David Hill is a British political adviser who served as

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's replacement as

Director of Communications Director of communications is a position in both the private and public sectors. A director of communications is responsible for managing and directing an organization's internal and external communications. Directors of communications supervis ...

for

Tony Blair Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British former politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He previously served as Leader of th ...

, from 2003 to 2007.

Early life

A native of

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ...

, Hill was educated at King Edward's School and studied at

Brasenose College, Oxford Brasenose College (BNC) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It began as Brasenose Hall in the 13th century, before being founded as a college in 1509. The library and chapel were added in the mi ...

Career

Hill returned to Birmingham as an industrial relations officer for Unigate after studying at Oxford. He later worked for

Roy Hattersley Roy Sydney George Hattersley, Baron Hattersley, (born 28 December 1932) is a British Labour Party politician, author and journalist from Sheffield. He was MP for Birmingham Sparkbrook for over 32 years from 1964 to 1997, and served as Depu ...

and contested the Burton constituency unsuccessfully as a Labour party candidate in both of the 1974 general elections. Hill was the Labour Party's Director of Communications from 1991 to 1997. He became Director of Communications under Prime Minister

in 2003. Blair sought assurances from Hill after expecting onslaught after the

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. After leaving Downing Street in 2007, Hill worked for

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Personal life

Hill's long-term partner is Hilary Coffman, a press officer at Downing Street.

References

Living people British political consultants British special advisers Year of birth missing (living people) Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford People from Birmingham, West Midlands Labour Party (UK) people Labour Party (UK) officials People educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham {{UK-gov-bio-stub