Jack Straw

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Jack Straw is a British Labour politician who served as Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary and was a prominent figure in Tony Blair’s government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician
Labour Party politician
human
birthName John Whitaker Straw
constituencyRepresented Blackburn
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1946-08-03
educatedAt Brentwood School, Essex
University of Leeds
endTime 2015-03-30
endTimeAsForeignSecretary 2006-05-05
endTimeAsHomeSecretary 2001-06-08
endTimeAsJusticeSecretary 2010-05-11
endTimeAsLeaderOfTheHouseOfCommons 2007-06-28
endTimeAsLordChancellor 2010-05-11
familyName Straw
givenName John
hasChild Will Straw
memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
name Jack Straw self-link
notableFor reforms to the criminal justice system
role in UK foreign policy during the Iraq War
occupation barrister
politician
parliamentaryGroup British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
placeOfBirth Buckhurst Hill, Essex, England
positionHeld Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
surface form: Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom

Home Secretary
surface form: Home Secretary of the United Kingdom

Leader of the House of Commons
Lord Chancellor of England
surface form: Lord Chancellor

Member of Parliament for Blackburn
Secretary of State for Justice
Shadow Foreign Secretary
Shadow Home Secretary
religion Anglicanism
residence Blackburn
surface form: Blackburn, Lancashire, England
servedInCabinetOf Gordon Brown
Tony Blair
spouse Alice Perkins
startTime 1979-05-03
startTimeAsForeignSecretary 2001-06-08
startTimeAsHomeSecretary 1997-05-02
startTimeAsJusticeSecretary 2007-06-28
startTimeAsLeaderOfTheHouseOfCommons 2006-05-05
startTimeAsLordChancellor 2007-06-28
studied law
wasProminentFigureIn Second Blair ministry
surface form: Tony Blair ministry

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