John Wakeham

John Wakeham, 2019

John Wakeham, Baron Wakeham PC (born June 22, 1932 in Godalming , Surrey , England ) is a British economic manager and politician of the Conservative Party .

biography

After attending the traditional, elite Charterhouse School , Wakeham did his military service in the British Army . He then worked in the private sector and until 1974 held around 60 directorships at companies .

His political career began as a candidate of the Conservative Party in 1974 with the election of deputies in the lower house ( House of Commons ) , in which he at first the constituency Maldon represented. He then represented the constituency of Colchester South and Maldon between 1983 and 1992 .

In 1981 he took on his first post as “Junior Minister” as Undersecretary and Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Industry until 1982 . After subsequent work as a Minister of State to the Treasury ( Treasury ) he was from 1983 to 1986 Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury.

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher finally appointed him as Lord Seal Keeper in her expanded cabinet in 1987 and appointed him Lord President of the Council from 1988 to 1989 as part of a cabinet reshuffle . In these functions he was between 1987 and 1989 also leader of the conservative majority faction in the lower house ( Leader of the House of Commons ). After another government reshuffle, he was then environment minister and kept this office in the government of Thatcher's successor, John Major .

After retiring from the House, he was on 24 April 1992 as a Life Peer with the title Baron Wakeham , of Maldon in the County of Essex in the nobility raised and heard since the upper house ( House of Lords ) to. Between 1992 and 1994 he was again Lord Seal Keeper, thus a member of the enlarged cabinet of John Major and was also leader of the conservative majority faction in the House of Lords ( Leader of the House of Lords ).

After leaving the government, he returned to the private sector and was not only a board member of NM Rothschild & Sons , but also of the energy company Enron . Between 1992 and 1998 he was chairman of the Carlton Club , one of the most renowned gentlemen's clubs in London , and from 1996 to 1998 chairman of the British Horsereacing Board , which organizes horse races in the United Kingdom together with the Jockey Club .

1998 Baron Wakeham Chancellor ( Chancellor ) , founded in 1966 state Brunel University . He also served as Chairman of the 1999 House of Lords Act drafting commission and Chairman of the Press Complaints Commission of the House of Lords, an office from which he resigned in 2002.

He has also written articles for daily newspapers such as The Guardian .

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SURNAME	Wakeham, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Wakeham, John, Baron Wakeham (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British Conservative Party politician, Member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH	June 22, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH	Godalming , Surrey , England

[1] ENRON'S John Wakeham

[2] THE INDEPENDENT: John Wakeham: The watchdog now has to explain why he didn't bark (February 3, 2002)

[3] THE GUARDIAN: The £ 6bn fallacy There is no evidence that net immigration can generate significant economic benefits (April 1, 2008)