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Jack Straw

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John Whitaker Straw (born 3 August 1946) is a British politician who served in the Cabinet from 1997 to 2010 under the Labour governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He held two of the traditional Great Offices of State, as Home Secretary from 1997 to 2001, and Foreign Secretary from 2001 to 2006 under Blair. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Blackburn from 1979 to 2015. Straw was born in Essex and privately educated both at Oaklands School, where his mother worked as a teacher, and later at Brentwood School. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2024). Jack Straw is the 14,741st most popular politician (down from 14,523rd in 2024), the 3,784th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,585th in 2019) and the 513th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jack Straw ranks 14,741 out of 19,576. Before him are Kristi Noem, Mazie Hirono, Rose Cleveland, Algernon Sidney, Vladas Mironas, and Mardavij. After him are Edem Kodjo, Peter Scully, Kriangsak Chamanan, Gaius Julius Quadratus Bassus, Ba Mamadou Mbaré, and Gennady Burbulis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Jack Straw ranks 503. Before him are Ola Brunkert, Maureen Starkey Tigrett, Stanislav Karasi, Suze Randall, Jacques Sylla, and Christina Maslach. After him are J. E. Freeman, Ba Mamadou Mbaré, Ryszard Szurkowski, Juan Pons, Patrick Baudry, and Michael Green.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jack Straw ranks 3,785 out of 8,785. Before him are Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby (1841), Archibald Sayce (1845), John Ireland (1879), Stephen Hendry (1969), Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899), and Algernon Sidney (1623). After him are Richard Madden (1986), Jack Goody (1919), John Hartley (1849), Seán Lester (1888), William Frederick Denning (1848), and Ashley Williams (1984).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Jack Straw ranks 513. Before him are John Negroponte (1939), John Julius Norwich (1929), Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster (1355), Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby (1841), Archibald Sayce (1845), and Algernon Sidney (1623). After him are Cenwalh of Wessex (601), Margaret Beckett (1943), Alicia Moreau de Justo (1885), Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede (1871), Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood (1880), and Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet (1628).

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