Hazel Blears

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Hazel Blears after receiving her release as local minister (June 2, 2009)

Hazel Anne Blears (born May 14, 1956 in Salford , Lancashire , England ) is a British politician who has been a member of the House of Commons since 1997 and was, among other things, Executive Chairwoman of the Labor Party and Minister for Municipalities and Local Government.

Life

Professional career and member of the House of Commons

After attending Eccles Sixth Form College and Wardley Grammar School in Swinton , she studied at Trent Polytechic , from which she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with Honors (BA Hons). After a subsequent postgraduate study of law at the College of Law in Chester , she took up a position as a solicitor in 1977 , where she worked for the local councils of Salford, Rossendale and Manchester . In 1981, she also became secretary of a branch of the National and Local Government Officers Association , the association of national and local community workers.

Her political career began in 1984 when she herself a member of the City Council was of Salford City, which she belonged to the 1992nd After she ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Commons in the 1987 general election in the Tatton constituency and in the 1992 general election in the Bury South constituency , she was first elected to the House of Commons in the May 1, 1997 general election in the Salford constituency Commons elected and has belonged to it ever since. Most recently she was re-elected as a member of the House of Commons in the general election on May 6, 2010 and now represents the constituency of Salford and Eccles .

She then took on numerous functions within the Labor Party and was a member of the Executive Committee for the North West England region from 1997 to 1999, a member of the National Political Forum from 1997 to 2001, and a member of the party leadership's campaign team between 1997 and 1998. In 1998 she also became Parliamentary Private Secretary to Alan Milburn , who was Minister of State in the Department of Health and then Chief Secretary of the Treasury in 1999. Between 1998 and 2001 she was Labor Party Development Coordinator and representative of Ian McCartney .

Promotion to minister and executive party leader

Between 2001 and 2003 she took on her first office as “Junior Minister” when she became Parliamentary Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Health, where she was most recently responsible for public health. In June 2003 she was appointed Minister of State in the Home Office , where she was first responsible for crime reduction, police, community protection and counter-terrorism , and then from June 2005 to May 2006 as Minister of State with responsibility for police, security and community protection. In addition, she has been chairwoman of the parliamentary election campaign team since 2003 and a member of the National Executive Committee of the Labor Party since 2004.

In May 2006 she succeeded Ian McCartney as Executive Chair of the Labor Party ( Labor Party Chair ) and held that office until her replacement by Harriet Harman in June 2007. During this time she was also the Cabinet Secretary without Portfolio during Prime Minister Tony's tenure Blair .

After the inauguration of Blair's successor Gordon Brown as Prime Minister, she was appointed by him on June 28, 2007 as Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government ( Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government ) in his cabinet and belonged to this as the successor of Ruth Kelly to her Replacement by John Denham on June 10, 2009. One of their first acts was to obtain a building permit for the Falmer Stadium of the Brighton & Hove Albion association .

In the general election of May 6, 2010 , she was able to maintain her mandate in the lower house, but lost 17.5 percentage points in her new constituency of Salford and Eccles compared to the 2005 election in the Salford constituency .

Since 2010 Hazel Blears has served on the House of Commons Committee on Intelligence and Security and chaired the Labor Party's Social Action Forum.

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personal data
SURNAME Blears, Hazel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blears, Hazel Anne (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician, Member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Salford , Lancashire , England