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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/bbc-man-is-pms-communications-boss.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Prime Minister David Cameron has appointed Craig Oliver as his new communications director" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-bbc-man-is-pms-communications-boss.jpg" alt="Prime Minister David Cameron has appointed Craig Oliver as his new communications director"/></a></p>
<p>Prime Minister David Cameron has appointed BBC journalist Craig Oliver as his new director of communications.</p>
<p>The 41-year-old, currently Controller of BBC Global News, replaces Andy Coulson, who resigned earlier this month amid the continuing row over phone-hacking when he was editor of the News of the World.</p>
<p>Mr Cameron said: &#8220;I am very pleased that Craig Oliver is to become the new Director of Communications at 10 Downing Street.</p>
<p>&#8220;Craig has formidable experience as a broadcast journalist. He will do an excellent job in explaining and communicating the Government&#8217;s programme.&#8221;</p>
<p>Mr Oliver said: &#8220;I&#8217;m delighted to be joining David Cameron and his team at such an exciting and challenging time.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s difficult to leave the BBC after a fascinating few years &#8211; but this is an opportunity I can&#8217;t turn down.&#8221;</p>
<p>Mr Oliver was a surprise appointment, having failed to feature in frenzied speculation over who would get the job. Mr Cameron&#8217;s spokeswoman, Gabby Bertin, had been among the favourites, while ITV Political Editor Tom Bradby&#8217;s name had also been widely mentioned.</p>
<p>The coalition will hope that, as the product of a Scottish comprehensive, Mr Oliver can offset criticism over the dominance of public school-educated people at the top level of government. He studied at St Andrews University before entering the media, working for Channel 4 News and serving as Head of Output at ITV News between 2002 and 2006 &#8211; responsible for overseeing ITV&#8217;s Lunchtime News, Evening News and News At Ten.</p>
<p>He was also Editor of ITV&#8217;s 2005 General Election programme. After joining the BBC, he edited the News At Ten and News At Six, and was the corporation&#8217;s General Election Editor in 2010.</p>
<p>Mr Oliver, who has three daughters with BBC newsreader wife Joanna Gosling, will be employed as a special adviser.</p>
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