Kenneth Clarke

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Kenneth Clarke is a veteran British Conservative politician who has held several senior Cabinet posts, including Chancellor of the Exchequer, and is known for his pro-European views and long parliamentary career.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician
Conservative Party politician
human
appointedBy David Cameron
John Major
Margaret Thatcher
awardReceived The Order of the Companions of Honour
surface form: Companion of Honour

Queen's Counsel
surface form: Queen's Counsel (honorary)
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1940-07-02
educatedAt Cambridge University NERFINISHED
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
elevationToPeerage life peer
endTime as MP for Rushcliffe: 2019
familyName Clarke
fieldOfWork politics
givenName Kenneth
hasOccupation barrister
politician
honorificTitle Baron Clarke of Nottingham
The Right Honourable
ideology One-nation conservatism
surface form: One Nation conservatism
languageSpoken English
memberOf House of Lords
Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
memberOfPoliticalParty Conservative Party (UK)
notableFor long parliamentary career
pro-European views
service in multiple senior Cabinet posts
officeContested Leader of the Conservative Party
parliamentaryGroup Conservative Party (UK)
placeOfBirth Nottingham
Nottinghamshire NERFINISHED
portfolio economic policy as Chancellor of the Exchequer
positionHeld Chancellor of the Exchequer
Home Secretary
surface form: Home Secretary of the United Kingdom

Lord Chancellor of England
surface form: Lord Chancellor

MP for Rushcliffe
Member of Parliament
Paymaster of the Forces
surface form: Paymaster General

Secretary of State for Education and Science
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
surface form: Secretary of State for Health

Secretary of State for Justice
religion Anglicanism (broadly)
surface form: Anglicanism
residence Nottinghamshire NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
stance pro-European Union
startTime as MP for Rushcliffe: 1970

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Trinity Hall, Cambridge hasAlumni Kenneth Clarke
this entity surface form: Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony
Corpus hasNotableAlumni Kenneth Clarke
this entity surface form: Sir Kenneth Clarke
Clarke hasNotableBearer Kenneth Clarke
this entity surface form: Geoffrey Howe
Norman Lamont succeededBy Kenneth Clarke
this entity surface form: Kenneth Clarke (as Chancellor of the Exchequer)