Profile
Michael Howard
Politician + Barrister + Thatcher
Male
Born
Jul 7, 1941
Age
71
Hometown
Gorseinon
Political Party
Conservative Part...
Religion
Judaism
Alma Mater
Inner Temple + Pe...
Michael Howard, Baron Howard of Lympne, CH, PC, QC, is a British politician, who served as the Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition from November 2003 to December 2005. He had previously held cabinet positions in the governments… Read More
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Sarah BousquetMarried 2004
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Prisoner Privileges: Thinner PorridgeThe Economist - May 02, 2013
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Opposition Leaders: The Moment Of TruthThe Economist - Feb 21, 2013
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New Measures Seen As Boost For BusinessWall Street Journal - Oct 03, 2012
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Obituary: David Michael Howard Was Longtime Political StrategistThe Sacramento Bee - Jul 30, 2012
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CHILDHOOD
1941
Birth
Born on July 7, 1941.
1952
10 Years Old
Howard passed his Eleven-plus exam in 1952, and then attended Llanelli Boys' Grammar School.
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TWENTIES
He was President of the Cambridge Union Society in 1962.
1964
23 Years Old
Howard was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1964, and specialised in employment and planning law.
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The late-1960s saw Howard's promotion within the Bow Group, where he became Chairman in April 1970.
THIRTIES
FORTIES
1982
41 Years Old
In June 1982, Howard was selected to contest the constituency of Folkestone and Hythe in Kent after the sitting Conservative MP, Sir Albert Costain, decided to retire.
Howard won the seat at the 1983 general election.
1985
44 Years Old
Howard gained quick promotion, becoming Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department of Trade and Industry in 1985 with responsibility for regulating the financial dealings of the City of London.
1986
45 Years Old
This junior post became very important, as he oversaw the Big Bang introduction of new technology in 1986.
1987
46 Years Old
After the 1987 general election, he became Minister for Local Government.
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Howard guided the 1988 Local Government Finance Act through the House of Commons.
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FIFTIES
1992
51 Years Old
He retained his cabinet post under John Major and campaigned against trade union power during the 1992 general election campaign.
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In this capacity he encouraged the United States to participate in the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, but shortly afterwards he was appointed Home Secretary in a 1993 reshuffle initiated by the sacking of Norman Lamont as Chancellor.
1994
53 Years Old
This campaign was successful, and in July 1994 Howard announced that the boys would be kept in custody for a minimum of fifteen years, meaning that they would not be considered for release until February 2008, by which time they would be 25 years of age.
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His reputation was dented on 13 May 1997 when a critical inquiry into a series of prison escapes was published.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
2001
60 Years Old
After the 2001 general election, Howard was recalled to frontline politics when the Conservative Party's new leader, Iain Duncan Smith, appointed him Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer.
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In November 2003, following the Conservative Party's Vote of No Confidence in its leader Iain Duncan Smith, he was elected unopposed to the position of Conservative Party leader.
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In February 2004, Howard called on PM Tony Blair to resign over the Iraq war, for failing to ask "basic questions" regarding WMD claims and misleading Parliament.
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Are you satisfied now?" Secret Home Office papers released in 2005 under the Freedom of Information Act failed to corroborate this last quote.
Howard announced on 17 March 2006 that he would stand down as MP for Folkestone and Hythe at the 2010 election.
On 28 May 2010, it was announced in the Dissolution Honours List that Michael Howard would be ennobled and become a Conservative life peer in the House of Lords.
In February 2011, there was increased speculation that David Cameron would reshuffle his cabinet, and prominent Conservative MPs have said that Lord Howard is very likely to replace Kenneth Clarke as Secretary of State for Justice in the next reshuffle.
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