John Prescott

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John Prescott speaking at The ICD Reykjavík Congress on Human Rights 2013 Norðurljós, Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Center (Iceland, Reykjavík, April 10th - 13th, 2013)


John Prescott is a British politician who was the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007.

Biography

In the 1994 he became deputy leader of the Labour party. He was appointed Deputy Prime Minister after Labour’s victory in the 1997 election, with an expanded role as Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions. Prescott also developed a reputation as a key conciliator in the often tense relationship between Tony Blair and the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown. In 2010 he entered the House of Lords as a life peer with the title “Baron Prescott, of Kingston upon Hull in the County of East Yorkshire”.

Education

He then went to the independent Ruskin College in Oxford, which specialises in courses for union officials, where he gained a diploma in economics and politics in 1965. In 1968, he obtained a BSc in economics and economic history at the University of Hull.

Further Information

"A Politician's Perspective on the Enforcement of Human Rights both Nationally and Internationally" A Lecture by Lord John Leslie Prescott, Former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom The Reykjavík Congress on Human Rights 2013 Norðurljós, Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Center (Iceland, Reykjavík, April 10th - 13th, 2013)

External Links and References

ICD official web page profile

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by

Harry Pursey

Member of Parliament for Hull East (UK Parliament constituency) Succeeded by

Karl Turner as Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull East

Party political offices
Preceded by Margaret Beckett Deputy Leader of the Labour Party


1994–2007

Succeeded by

Harriet Harman

Political offices
Preceded by

John Gummer

as Secretary of State for the Environment

Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions


1997–2001

Succeeded by

Margaret Beckett as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Preceded by

George Young

as Secretary of State for Transport

Succeeded by

Stephen Byers

as Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

Preceded by

Michael Heseltine

Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom


1997–2007

Vacant Title next held by Nick Clegg
Vacant Title last held by Michael Heseltine First Secretary of State


2001–2007

Vacant Title next held by The Lord Mandelson</tbody>