Norman Fowler, Baron Fowler
Peter Norman Fowler, Baron Fowler PC (born February 2, 1938 in Chelmsford , Essex , England ) is a British politician .
biography
After the visit of King Edward VI. Grammar School in Chelmsford, he did his military service with the Essex Regiment of the British Army from 1956 to 1958 , where he rose to the rank of 2nd Lieutenant . He then studied at Trinity Hall at the University of Cambridge . From 1961 to 1967 he worked as a journalist for the Times newspaper .
He began his political career in 1970 when he was first elected to the House of Commons as a candidate for the Conservative Party . There he first represented the constituency of Nottingham South and then, since the general election from February 1974 to 2001, the constituency of Sutton Coldfield .
In 1979, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher first appointed him to a government as Minister of Transport. After a government reshuffle, he was Minister for Social Security from 1981 to 1987 and, after a further cabinet reshuffle, between 1987 and 1990 Minister of Labor in Thatcher's cabinet.
Between 1992 and 1994 he was Chairman ( Chairman ) of the Conservative Party.
After leaving the House of Commons, he was ennobled on July 3, 2001 as a Life Peer with the title Baron Fowler , of Sutton Coldfield in the County of West Midlands , and has been a member of the House of Lords since then .
Fowler is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of Aggregate Industries Public Limited Company (plc) . Lord Fowler has been Lord Speaker since September 1, 2016 .
Publications
Fowler was also the author of several specialist books such as:
- The Cost of Crime (1973)
- The Right Track: A Paper on Conservative Transport Policy (1977)
- After the Riots: Police in Europe (1978)
In 1991 his autobiography Ministers Decide: A Personal Memoir of the Thatcher Years was published .
Web links
- Norman Fowler in nndb (English)
- Mr Norman Fowler at Hansard (English)
- Peter Norman Fowler, Baron Fowler on thepeerage.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ London Gazette . No. 56266, HMSO, London, 6 July 2001, p. 7999 ( PDF , English).
- ^ New Lord Speaker. UK Parliament, August 24, 2016, accessed September 5, 2016 .
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SURNAME | Fowler, Norman, Baron Fowler |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fowler, Peter Norman, Baron Fowler (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 2, 1938 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Chelmsford , Essex , England |