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Member
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Michael Howard MP
Michael was born in 1941 and
educated at Llanelli Grammar School and Peterhouse, Cambridge. In 1962 he was
elected President of the Cambridge Union. He was called to the Bar in 1964 and
was appointed a QC in 1982.
Michael
was elected Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe in 1983. The
following year he was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the
Solicitor General. In 1985 he entered the Government as Parliamentary Under
Secretary of State at the Department of Trade and Industry with responsibility
for corporate and consumer affairs.
In
1987, he moved to the Department of the Environment, first as Minister of State
for Local Government and then as Minister of State for Water and Planning. In
1990, he entered the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Employment, abolishing
the closed shop and playing a crucial role in negotiating the UK’s opt-out from
the Social Chapter at Maastricht.
Following
the 1992 election, Michael was appointed Secretary of State for the Environment.
In this position he played a major role in securing the participation of the
United States at the Earth Summit in Rio, which he attended on behalf of the
Government.
In
May 1993, he became Home Secretary, a position he held for four years. During
his term of office, crime fell by an unprecedented 18 per cent. When he left
office, nearly a million fewer crimes a year were being committed than when he
became Home Secretary four years before.
From
1997 to 1999, Michael served as Shadow Foreign Secretary. In September 2001, he
was appointed Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Shepway District Councillors (by ward)
Promoted by
R. Davidson on behalf of the Conservative Party both at 4 West Cliff Gardens,
Folkestone, Kent CT20 1SP