Jeremy Hunt is set to unveil his so-called "back-to-work budget", bringing in measures aimed at tackling labour shortages in the UK.
The Chancellor is expected to bring in a string of controversial measures, which have sparked fears that people with long-term health conditions could be forced into "unsuitable work".
Mr Hunt was brought in by Liz Truss to steady the ship after Kwasi Kwarteng's disastrous spell in the Treasury came to an abrupt end last October.
Rishi Sunak retained his services when he replaced her as PM, entrusting him with delivering an Autumn Statement that undid a lot of the worst excesses of Ms Truss' time in No 10.
The centre-right Chancellor is viewed as a safe pair of hands in Tory circles - but voters with a longer memory will recall him being declared the most disliked frontline politician in 2016.
That dubious gong came during his time as Health Secretary, when the NHS was hampered by walkouts by junior doctors.
The multi-millionaire, who has faced questions in the past about his ownership of luxury flats (more on that below), has been a cabinet member under four PMs - David Cameron, Theresa May, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak.
Aristocratic son of Navy commander and relation of late Queen
Mr Hunt, the son of former Navy commander Admiral Sir Nicolas Hunt, has deep roots in the English aristocracy.
He is a descendant of Sie Streynsham Master, a pioneer of the East India Company - which led the way to British rule of India.
And it emerged that Mr Hunt was a distant relative of the late Queen - her fifth cousin in fact, meaning they had the same great-great-great-great-grandparents.
He is also a distant relation of Sir Oswald Mosley, who led the British Union of Fascists in the 1930s.
Mr Hunt was educated at private school Charterhouse before heading to Oxford University to study philosophy, politics and economics. Both David Cameron and Boris Johnson were also there at the same time, and it was here that he got involved in Tory Party politics.
Businessman who tried to export marmalade to Japan
Before becoming an MP in 2005, Mr Hunt tried his hand at a number of business ventures with mixed success.
He spent time in Japan working as an English teacher before returning to the UK and starting a string of businesses.
These included one focused on exporting marmalade to Japan.
He later wrote on his website: "When I started out, nearly everything I tried was a total failure.
"My business partner and I tried exporting marmalade to Japan – which flopped. We tried building children’s playgrounds – that failed.
"We tried to run a business setting up guides for foreign tourists – that folded too.
"Eventually we hit on something that worked – we started publishing student guides to help people find the right college or university."
Alongside childhood pal Mike Elms, he founded PR firm Profile PR and another called Hotcourses, which was sold for over £30 million in 2017.
Most disliked frontbencher after turbulent spell as Health Secretary
Mr Hunt was a member of the 2005 intake, representing South West Surrey.
He got his first cabinet job in the coalition government led by David Cameron, being appointed as Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport in 2010.
Two years later he became Health Secretary - going on to become the longest-serving frontbencher ever to hold the post.
But his time in charge of the nation's health was far from smooth, earning him heavy criticism and a dubious honour.
Mr Hunt was accused of enabling "back door privatisation" of the NHS and faced backlash for his handling of the junior doctor contract row, which saw junior doctors take part in a series of walkouts in 2016.
Under his leadership, A&E departments also failed to meet their waiting time targets consistently.
A YouGov poll in February 2016 found that voters viewed him the most unpopular senior politician, topping George Osborne, Jeremy Corbyn, and David Cameron.
In July 2018 he was appointed Foreign Secretary. One of his most memorable gaffes came just days into the job when he told an audience in China: "My wife is Japanese - my wife is Chinese. Sorry, that's a terrible mistake to make."
Two failed leadership bids
If things had been different, Mr Hunt could be the PM right now.
He's twice thrown his name in the hat for the top job, following the resignations of Theresa May and Boris Johnson.
Last year he was eliminated from the race after the very first round of voting by Tory MPs.
Controversial luxury flat purchases
Mr Hunt spent £3.56million on a controversial purchase of seven luxury flats to rent out, it emerged in 2019.
The previous year he was forced to apologise for failing to declare his part-ownership of a firm that bought the seaside properties in Southampton.
Documents just made public on the Land Registry reveal Mare Pond Properties, set up with his wife, paid £437,000 for the cheapest flat, while the most expensive was £685,000.
Mr Hunt faced a probe after failing to declare it in the Commons Register of Members’ Financial Interests on time, or with Companies House.
Appointment as Chancellor
There was little surprise when Liz Truss dispensed with Mr Hunt's predecessor, Kwasi Kwarteng, following his disastrous mini-budget.
Within hours of getting the call inviting him into Government, Mr Hunt was hard at work undoing the Tory mayhem he'd inherited.
He delivered an Autumn Statement which dismantled Ms Truss and Mr Kwarteng's disastrous economic experiment.
The Chancellor has the unenviable task of trying to hold together a party in which many are clamouring for tax cuts while not making the deep public spending cuts that will be devastating ahead of an election.
As The Mirror outlined, he is expected to launch a 'back-to-work' Budget with on getting Brits back into work amid a soaring number of people long-term sick.
