Michael Howard

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Michael Howard is a British Conservative politician who served as Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition in the early 2000s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician
human
appointedBy John Major
birthName Michael Hecht NERFINISHED
constituencyRepresented Folkestone and Hythe
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1941-07-07
educatedAt Llanelli Grammar School
Peterhouse, University of Cambridge NERFINISHED
endTime 1992 (as Secretary of State for the Environment)
1993 (as Secretary of State for Employment)
1997 (as Home Secretary)
2005 (as Leader of the Conservative Party)
2005 (as Leader of the Opposition)
2010 (as MP for Folkestone and Hythe)
ethnicGroup Jewish
familyName Howard
givenName Michael
hasChild Larissa Howard
Nicholas Howard
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
memberOf Privy Council
surface form: Privy Council of the United Kingdom
memberOfPoliticalParty Conservative Party (UK)
name Michael Howard self-link
notableFor leading the Conservative Party into the 2005 United Kingdom general election
occupation barrister
politician
parliamentaryTerm MP for Folkestone and Hythe
placeOfBirth Llanelli
surface form: Llanelli, Wales, United Kingdom
positionHeld Home Secretary
surface form: Home Secretary of the United Kingdom

Leader of the Conservative Party
Leader of the Opposition (UK)
surface form: Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)

Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Minister of State for Local Government
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
surface form: Secretary of State for Employment

Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
surface form: Secretary of State for the Environment

Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
Shadow Foreign Secretary
precededBy Iain Duncan Smith
surface form: Iain Duncan Smith (as Leader of the Conservative Party)

Iain Duncan Smith
surface form: Iain Duncan Smith (as Leader of the Opposition)
religion Judaism
servedInCabinetOf John Major
spouse Sandra Howard NERFINISHED
startTime 1983 (as MP for Folkestone and Hythe)
1990 (as Secretary of State for the Environment)
1992 (as Secretary of State for Employment)
1993 (as Home Secretary)
2003 (as Leader of the Conservative Party)
2003 (as Leader of the Opposition)
succeededBy David Cameron
surface form: David Cameron (as Leader of the Conservative Party)

David Cameron
surface form: David Cameron (as Leader of the Opposition)

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this entity surface form: Sir Michael Howard
Michael Howard name Michael Howard self-link
Jeremy Paxman notableInterviewee Michael Howard