Baroness Margaret Beckett

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Baroness_Margaret_Beckett
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
politician
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Manchester_Institute_of_Science_and_Technology
gptkbp:awarded Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
gptkbp:birthDate 1943-01-15
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Margaret_Mary_Beckett
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Ashton-under-Lyne,_Lancashire,_England
gptkbp:honorificPrefix gptkb:Baronet
Dame
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Baroness Margaret Beckett
gptkbp:memberOfParliamentFor gptkb:Derby_South
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableFor first woman to serve as Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom
longest-serving female MP at time of retirement
gptkbp:occupation politician
gptkbp:officeHolder gptkb:Deputy_Leader_of_the_Labour_Party
gptkb:Secretary_of_State_for_Trade_and_Industry
gptkb:Secretary_of_State_for_Environment,_Food_and_Rural_Affairs
gptkb:Secretary_of_State_for_Foreign_and_Commonwealth_Affairs
Leader of the Labour Party (acting)
gptkbp:parliamentaryGroup gptkb:Labour_Party
gptkbp:party gptkb:Labour_Party
gptkbp:peerage gptkb:Baroness_Beckett_of_Derby
gptkbp:precededByMP gptkb:Walter_Johnson
gptkbp:predecessorLabourLeaderActing gptkb:John_Smith
gptkbp:primeMinisterDuringForeignSecretary gptkb:Tony_Blair
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Roman_Catholic
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Leo_Beckett
gptkbp:succeededByMP Margaret Beckett (seat abolished)
gptkbp:successorLabourLeaderActing gptkb:Tony_Blair
gptkbp:termEnd 2019
gptkbp:termEndDeputyLeader 1994
gptkbp:termEndEnvironmentSecretary 2006
gptkbp:termEndForeignSecretary 2007
gptkbp:termEndLabourLeaderActing 1994
gptkbp:termEndTradeSecretary 1998
gptkbp:termStart 1983
gptkbp:termStartDeputyLeader 1992
gptkbp:termStartEnvironmentSecretary 2001
gptkbp:termStartForeignSecretary 2006
gptkbp:termStartLabourLeaderActing 1994
gptkbp:termStartTradeSecretary 1997
gptkbp:website https://margaretbeckett.com/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:St_Anne's_College
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4