Background
Tugendhat is the son of the High Court Judge Sir Michael Tugendhat and the nephew of fellow Conservative politician Christopher Tugendhat, Baron Tugendhat.
Tugendhat is the son of the High Court Judge Sir Michael Tugendhat and the nephew of fellow Conservative politician Christopher Tugendhat, Baron Tugendhat.
He studied Theology at Bristol University, before doing a Masters in Islamics at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and learning Arabic in Yemen.
Tugendhat was commissioned into the Intelligence Corps, British Army, as a Territorial Army officer He subsequently saw service on operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and was the military assistant to the Chief of the Defence Staff.
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He has been the Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Tonbridge and Malling since May 2015. In the 2010 New Year Honours, Tugendhat was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire). Tugendhat was elected as the Member of Parliament for the safe Conservative seat of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent at the 2015 General Election, with an increased vote share and larger majority than his predecessor.