David Frost, Baron Frost
The Lord Frost | |
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Official portrait, 2025 | |
| Minister of State for EU Relations | |
| In office 1 March 2021 – 18 December 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Chief Negotiator of Task Force Europe | |
| In office 31 January 2020 – 18 December 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Liz Truss |
| Prime Minister's Europe Adviser | |
| In office 24 July 2019 – 1 March 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Sir Olly Robbins |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Chief Negotiator for Exiting the European Union | |
| In office 24 July 2019 – 31 January 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Sir Olly Robbins |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| British Ambassador to Denmark | |
| In office 1 May 2006 – 31 October 2008 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Sir Nicholas Browne |
| Succeeded by | Nick Archer |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Life peerage 12 August 2020 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | David George Hamilton Frost 21 February 1965 Derby, England |
| Party | Conservative (sits as Non-affiliated) |
| Other political affiliations | Labour (1980s) |
| Spouses | Jacqueline Dias
(m. 1993; div. 2018)Harriet Mathews (m. 2018) |
| Education | Nottingham High School |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Oxford (MA) |
| Occupation | Diplomat, civil servant, politician |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George |
David George Hamilton Frost, Baron Frost (born 21 February 1965) is a former British diplomat, civil servant and politician who served as a Minister of State at the Cabinet Office between March and December 2021. Frost was Chief Negotiator of Task Force Europe from January 2020 until his resignation in December 2021.
Frost spent his early professional career in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), becoming Ambassador to Denmark, EU Director at the FCO, and Director for Europe and International Trade at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. He was a special adviser to Boris Johnson when the latter was Foreign Secretary in Theresa May's government.
After Johnson was appointed prime minister, Frost was Chief Negotiator for Exiting the European Union from 2019 to 2020 and the Prime Minister's Europe Adviser from 2019 to 2021. He was appointed Chief Negotiator of Task Force Europe in January 2020. He was elevated to the House of Lords as a life peer in September 2020. Frost became Minister of State at the Cabinet Office and a full member of the cabinet in March 2021. He resigned from his government positions in December 2021.