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Douglas Hurd

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Douglas Richard Hurd, Baron Hurd of Westwell, (born 8 March 1930) is a British Conservative Party politician who served in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major from 1979 to 1995. A career diplomat and political secretary to Prime Minister Edward Heath, Hurd first entered Parliament in February 1974 as MP for the Mid Oxfordshire constituency (Witney from 1983). His first government post was as Minister for Europe from 1979 to 1983 (being that office's inaugural holder) and he served in several Cabinet roles from 1984 onwards, including Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1984–85), Home Secretary (1985–89) and Foreign Secretary (1989–95). He stood unsuccessfully for the Conservative Party leadership in 1990, and retired from frontline politics during a Cabinet reshuffle in 1995. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Douglas Hurd is the 16,690th most popular politician (down from 16,206th in 2019), the 5,047th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,702nd in 2019) and the 600th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Douglas Hurd ranks 16,690 out of 19,576. Before him are Stefano Rodotà, Philipp Rösler, Daniel Ona Ondo, Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, Tsetska Tsacheva, and Mark Esper. After him are Kofi Abrefa Busia, Manuel Chaves, José María Calatrava y Peinado, Fawzia Koofi, Henry Hyndman, and Andrew Lesnie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Douglas Hurd ranks 549. Before him are Edward Seaga, Ardalion Ignatyev, Terence Bayler, Geoffrey Holder, Violetta Ferrari, and F. Albert Cotton. After him are Tommy Kono, Lin Carter, Marie Senghor Basse, Jean Forestier, Kauko Hänninen, and Dolores Huerta.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Douglas Hurd ranks 5,049 out of 8,785. Before him are Central Cee (1998), Terry McDermott (1951), Jack Rowley (1920), Charles Kent (1852), Tony Robinson (1946), and William Ames (1576). After him are Shirley Brasher (1934), Lily Allen (1985), Henry Hyndman (1842), Ray Kennedy (1951), Teddy Sinclair (1986), and Colin Greenwood (1969).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Douglas Hurd ranks 600. Before him are Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts (1814), Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (1868), Robert Morris (1734), William Paterson (1745), Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (1801), and Cadwallon ap Cadfan (591). After him are Henry Hyndman (1842), Rhodri Morgan (1939), Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith (1883), William Dod (1867), John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon (1873), and Dan Crenshaw (1984).

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