John Denham (politician)
John Yorke Denham (* 15. July 1953 ) is a British politician of the Labor Party .
politics
John Denham was British Secretary of State in the Home Office and Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Blunkett in the government of Tony Blair . He resigned on March 18, 2003 in protest against the government's Iraq policy . From June 2007 he was a member of the cabinet of the Gordon Brown government . After Denham was initially Minister for Innovation and Universities, he moved to a cabinet restructuring in June 2009 as Hazel Blears' successor to the Ministerial Office for Municipalities and Local Policy . After the lost general election in May 2010 , he had to give up this post.
He is also a member of the House of Commons and the Privy Council .
Web links
- Third resignation in protest against Blair in Spiegel-Online ( as of January 26, 2009 )
Gordon Brown | Alistair Darling | David Miliband | Jack Straw | Alan Johnson | Janet Royall | Harriet Harman | Peter Mandelson | Yvette Cooper | Andrew Burnham | Bob Ainsworth | Douglas Alexander | Edward Balls | John Denham | Hilary Benn | Ed Miliband | Jim Murphy | Peter Hain | Shaun Woodward | Andrew Adonis | Ben Bradshaw | Liam Byrne | Tessa Jowell | Nick Brown | John Healey | Jim Knight | Mark Malloch Brown | Paul Drayson .
Retired members: Jacqui Smith | Catherine Ashton | John Hutton | James Purnell | Hazel Blears | Paul Murphy | Des Browne | Ruth Kelly | Geoff Hoon | Caroline Flint | Margaret Beckett | Tony McNulty | Bruce Grocott .
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Denham, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Denham, John Yorke (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Labor Party politician, Member of the House of Commons |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 15, 1953 |