Mark Field

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Mark Field MP

Mark Field (born October 6, 1964 in Hanover ) is a British politician and member of the Conservative Party in the House of Commons .

Life

Childhood and youth

Mark Field was born the son of a British soldier and a mother of German descent in the military hospital in Hanover . He successfully completed his law studies at the College of St Edmund Hall in Oxford in 1987, and then trained as a lawyer at the College of Law in Chester .

Professional advancement and first political experiences

In 1984 he became the personal assistant to MP John Patten before joining the Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer law firm in 1990 . 1994-2001 he worked as the head of his own employment agency called Kellyfield Consulting .

From 1989–1991, Mark Field was vice chairman of the local Conservative Party in the Islington North constituency in London, before becoming a councilor in the Kensington and Chelsea district in 1994 . A candidacy in the Enfield district in the 1997 general election failed due to the landslide election victories of the rival Labor party.

Member of Parliament

In 2001, Mark Field was elected to the House of Representatives to represent the Cities of London and Westminster constituency. In his inaugural address on June 27, 2001, he named former Prime Minister Andrew Bonar Law his great political role model.

Field became the Opposition Whip and Shadow Minister for London in 2003 , responsible for keeping members of the opposition informed of developments in the London Assembly . After serving as the opposition's finance secretary in 2005, he became the conservative spokesman for culture, media and sport in 2006. In this position he dealt, among other things, with the 2006 National Lottery Act. In September 2010 he was appointed to the prestigious Intelligence & Security Committee , of which he is the youngest member. After the general election in June 2017 , Field was appointed Secretary of State in the State Department with responsibility for Asia and the Pacific. After he was violent against a Greenpeace activist who wanted to draw attention to the consequences of global warming during a speech by Treasury Secretary Philip Hammond at a gathering, especially among supporters of the Conservative Party, he was suspended from this post on June 21, 2019.

Field was already considered an opponent of the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union in the run-up to the June 2016 referendum . At the end of March 2019, he announced that he would support the withdrawal of the resignation application if the opportunity arose.

Mark Field's particular interests include economics, finance, foreign trade and international developments. Among other things, he is chairman of the bipartisan parliamentary group on Azerbaijan and deputy chairman of the working groups “Football” and “ Bangladesh ”.

He wrote several articles for the Daily Telegraph , for example on the reform of financial supervision, the situation of the New Labor Party and English football. He also makes a name for himself with his regular contributions to the influential politics blog ConservativeHome .

Field is the patron of the Bishopsgate Institute and St. Andrew's Club .

On October 17, Field announced that he would not run again in the next general election.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Inaugural Address by Mark Field
  2. ↑ Tory MP suspended after attack on Greenpeace activist. Der Standard , June 21, 2019, accessed the same day.
  3. ↑ Tom Goodenough: Which Tory MPs back Brexit, who doesn't and who is still on the fence? The Spectator , February 16, 2016, accessed March 25, 2019. (English)
  4. ↑ United Kingdom and Gibraltar European Union membership referendum. Cabinet meets amid pressure on May BBC , March 25, 2019 called on the same day. (English)
  5. ↑ Hobbling the City wants so hobble the country
  6. ^ New Labor isn't dead yet
  7. ↑ World Cup 2018: A wake-up call for English football
  8. ^ Conservative MP Mark Field to stand down in Cities of London and Westminster seat. Retrieved October 18, 2019 .

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personal data
SURNAME Field, Mark
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Conservative Party politician, Member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover