Jack Straw

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British politician Labour Party politician human

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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Jack Straw canonical 9

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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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Brentwood School, Essex → hasNotableAlumnus → Jack Straw ⓘ
Peasants' Revolt of 1381 → leader → Jack Straw ⓘ
Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 → introducedBy → Jack Straw ⓘ
Jack Straw → name → Jack Straw self-link ⓘ
Freedom of Information Act 2000 → introducedBy → Jack Straw ⓘ
First Blair ministry → homeSecretary → Jack Straw ⓘ
Second Blair ministry → foreignSecretary → Jack Straw ⓘ
Wat Tyler → associatedWith → Jack Straw ⓘ
John Ball → associatedWith → Jack Straw ⓘ