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David Blunkett

1947 - Today

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David Blunkett, Baron Blunkett, (born 6 June 1947) is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Education and Employment from 1997 to 2001, Home Secretary from 2001 to 2004 and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in 2005. A member of the Labour Party, he served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough (formerly Sheffield Brightside) from 1987 to 2015 and was appointed to the House of Lords as a life peer in 2015. Following the 2001 general election, he was promoted to home secretary, a position he held until 2004, when he resigned following publicity about his personal life. Following the 2005 general election he was appointed secretary of state for work and pensions, though he resigned from that role later that year following media coverage relating to external business interests in the period when he did not hold a cabinet post. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Blunkett is the 10,453rd most popular politician (up from 18,603rd in 2019), the 2,330th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 6,756th in 2019) and the 364th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, David Blunkett ranks 10,453 out of 19,576. Before him are Duchess Marie Elisabeth of Saxony, Ramón Castillo, William Joyce, Birger Brosa, Virius Nicomachus Flavianus, and Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg. After him are Anatoly Dobrynin, Victor Kravchenko, Eugène Schneider, Tiberius Julius Alexander, Princess Elisabeth Friederike Sophie of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, and Hadım Sinan Pasha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, David Blunkett ranks 281. Before him are Marouf al-Bakhit, Jean-Yves Le Drian, George Sabra, Robert Gordon, Staffan de Mistura, and Mile Mrkšić. After him are Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri, John Powell, Tim Buckley, Millie Small, Danilo Popivoda, and Martin Winterkorn.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Blunkett ranks 2,330 out of 8,785. Before him are William Kent (1685), Robert Kerr (1755), John Webster (1578), F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich (1782), Charles Kay Ogden (1889), and Murray Head (1946). After him are Joan Hickson (1906), Francis Darwin (1848), Rupert Grint (1988), Bob Anderson (1922), Anna Russell (1807), and Gordon Milne (1937).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, David Blunkett ranks 364. Before him are Mary McAleese (1951), Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1874), Ernest Bevin (1881), Abhisit Vejjajiva (1964), John Morley (1838), and F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich (1782). After him are William Fox (1812), Ken Tyrrell (1924), Andrew Bertie (1929), Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (1640), Prince William of Gloucester (1941), and Eadgifu of Wessex (null).

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