Keith Joseph
Keith Sinjohn Joseph, Baron Joseph CH , PC (born January 17, 1918 in London , † December 10, 1994 ibid) was a British lawyer, politician and member of the Conservatives . Joseph was a minister in three different governments and is considered a pioneer of Thatcherism as a co-founder of the liberal think tank Center for Policy Studies .
On October 4, 1944, he inherited the title of Baronet , of Portsoken in the City of London from his late father, the former Lord Mayor of London , Sir Samuel Joseph, 1st Baronet , which was only given to this on November 16, 1943 in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.
Keith was a member of the House of Commons for the constituency of Leeds North East from 1956 to 1987 . From 1970 to 1974 he was a member of the Edward Heath government as Minister of Social Affairs . After the Conservatives came to power again in 1979, he became Minister of Industry under Margaret Thatcher . From 1981 to 1986 he moved to the head of the Ministry of Education and Science.
Joseph resigned from the Thatcher cabinet involuntarily in 1986 when he revealed his xenophobic attitude and also wanted to invite the French right-wing Jean-Marie Le Pen to a congress of the Conservative Party. He did not run for the general election in June 1987 and left the House of Commons. On October 12, 1987, he was promoted to Life Peer as Baron Joseph , of Portsoken in the City of London, and from then on belonged to the House of Lords for life .
Web links
- Sir Keith Joseph at Hansard (English)
- Written estate in the archives of the Conservative Party (English)
- Obituary in the Guardian last accessed on February 4, 2013
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| SURNAME | Joseph, Keith |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Joseph, Keith Sinjohn; Joseph, Keith Sinjohn, Baron Joseph; Sir Keith Joseph, 2nd Baronet |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician, minister |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 17, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 10, 1994 |
| Place of death | London |