John Patten, Baron Patten

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John Charles Haggitt Patten, Baron Patten (born July 17, 1945 ) is a British Conservative Party politician who was , among other things, education minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister John Major .

Life

Member of the House of Commons and Junior Minister

After attending the Wimbledon College Patten studied Sidney Sussex College of the University of Cambridge . He began his political career in local politics and was a member of Oxford City Council between 1973 and 1976 .

In the general election of May 3, 1979 , he was elected as a candidate of the Conservative Tories for the first time to the House of Commons and first represented the constituency of Oxford and then since the general election of June 9, 1983 to May 1, 1997 the constituency of Oxford West and Abingdon .

During his parliamentary membership, he was first Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of State in the Home Office , the British Home Office , from 1980 to 1981 and then took over his first government office as "Junior Minister" with the appointment of Parliamentary Undersecretary of State in the Ministry for Northern Ireland , before becoming Parliamentary from 1983 to 1985 Was Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Health. After he became Minister of State in the Ministry of the Environment, he was Minister of State in the Ministry of the Interior from 1987 to 1992.

Minister of Education and Member of the House of Lords

As part of a government reshuffle, Prime Minister Major Patten appointed Secretary of State for Education on April 10, 1992, succeeding Kenneth Clarke . He held the ministerial office until his replacement by Gillian Shephard on July 20, 1994.

After he refused to run again for the House of Commons in the general election of May 1, 1997 , he was raised to the nobility as a life peer with the title Baron Patten, of Wincanton in the County of Somerset and has belonged to the House of since then Lords as a member.

In addition to his political activities, Patten also took on a number of roles in the private sector and was a member of the board of directors of Lockheed Martin Holdings UK Ltd and advisor to Charterhouse Development Capital Ltd , Thomas Goode & Co Ltd and Lockheed Martin Overseas Corporation . He is also a member of the advisory board of the British Olympic Association (BOA).

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SURNAME Patten, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Patten, John Haggitt Charles, Baron Patten (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 17, 1945