Geoffrey Howe

Politician

1926 –

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Who is Geoffrey Howe?

Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon, CH QC PC is a British former Conservative politician. He was Margaret Thatcher's longest-serving Cabinet minister, successively holding the posts of Chancellor of the Exchequer, Foreign Secretary, and finally Leader of the House of Commons, Deputy Prime Minister and Lord President of the Council. His resignation on 1 November 1990 is widely considered to have precipitated Thatcher's own downfall three weeks later.

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Born
Dec 20, 1926
Port Talbot
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Profession
Education
  • Trinity Hall, Cambridge
  • Winchester College
  • Abberley Hall School
Lived in
  • Neath Port Talbot

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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