Norman Fowler, Baron Fowler

Norman Fowler, Baron Fowler, 2018

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 .

personal data
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

[1] London Gazette . No. 56266, HMSO, London, 6 July 2001, p. 7999 ( PDF , English).

[2] New Lord Speaker. UK Parliament, August 24, 2016, accessed September 5, 2016 .