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Michael Meacher, English academic and politician, Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (died 2015)
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Michael Meacher
British politician (1939–2015)
Michael Hugh Meacher was a British politician who served as a government minister under Harold Wilson, James Callaghan and Tony Blair. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Oldham West and Royton, previously Oldham West, from 1970 until his death in…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Defunct UK Cabinet ministerial position
The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions was a United Kingdom Cabinet position created in 1997, with responsibility for the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR). The position and department were created for John Prescott by…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)