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Grant Shapps

1968 - Today

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Sir Grant Shapps (born 14 September 1968) is a British politician who served as secretary of state for defence from August 2023 to July 2024. Shapps previously served in various cabinet posts, including Conservative Party co-chairman, transport secretary, home secretary, business secretary, and energy secretary under prime ministers David Cameron, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as the member of parliament (MP) for Welwyn Hatfield from 2005 to 2024. He was defeated and lost his seat in the 2024 general election. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2024). Grant Shapps is the 18,726th most popular politician (down from 18,003rd in 2024), the 6,845th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,275th in 2019) and the 709th most popular British Politician.

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Among people born in 1968, Grant Shapps ranks 770. Before him are Doris Fitschen, Samantha Ferris, Alex James, Radka Denemarková, Deon Hemmings, and Dave Abbruzzese. After him are Ric Roman Waugh, Charlotte Coleman, Irshad Manji, Camelia Macoviciuc-Mihalcea, Lisa Loeb, and Patrick Sylvestre.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Grant Shapps ranks 6,847 out of 8,785. Before him are Gary Anderson (1970), Emma Rigby (1989), Fiona Dolman (1970), Billy Gilmour (2001), Maurice Setters (1936), and Sarah Lucas (1962). After him are Ritchie Coster (1967), Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster (1974), Adam Carroll (1982), Charlotte Coleman (1968), Max Brown (1981), and Gemma Whelan (1981).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Grant Shapps ranks 709. Before him are Don McKinnon (1939), Hilary Benn (1953), Priti Patel (1972), Amber Rudd (1963), Charles Kennedy (1959), and George Osborne (1971). After him are Jo Cox (1974), Shabana Mahmood (1980), Ben Wallace (1970), Michael Gove (1967), Penny Mordaunt (1973), and Liam Fox (1961).

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