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Liam Fox

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Sir Liam Fox (born 22 September 1961) is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for International Trade from 2016 to 2019 and Secretary of State for Defence from 2010 to 2011. A member of the Conservative Party, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Somerset, formerly Woodspring, from 1992 to 2024. Fox studied medicine at the University of Glasgow and worked as a GP and civilian army medical GP before being elected as an MP. After holding several ministerial roles under John Major, Fox served as Constitutional Affairs Spokesman from 1998 to 1999, Shadow Health Secretary from 1999 to 2003, Chairman of the Conservative Party from 2003 to 2005, Shadow Foreign Secretary in 2005 and Shadow Defence Secretary from 2005 to 2010. In the 2009 expenses scandal, he was the Shadow Cabinet minister found to have the largest over-claim on expenses and, as a result, was forced to repay the most money. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Liam Fox is the 18,850th most popular politician (down from 18,615th in 2024), the 6,947th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,798th in 2019) and the 715th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Liam Fox ranks 18,850 out of 19,576. Before him are Terry Sanford, Martins Dukurs, Akhilesh Yadav, Penny Mordaunt, Mary Fallin, and Gopalkrishna Gandhi. After him are Gabriel Rufián, Ilan Shor, Pavel Latushko, Anu Vehviläinen, Patrick John, and Eric Garcetti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Liam Fox ranks 792. Before him are Akira Kuroiwa, Jean-Philippe Rohr, Kate Vernon, Scott E. Parazynski, Steve Nicol, and Abdelhamid Sadmi. After him are Takeshi Oki, Bonita Friedericy, Sunita Narain, Jorge Amado Nunes, Fredy Schmidtke, and Pat Toomey.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Liam Fox ranks 6,949 out of 8,785. Before him are Jonathan Ross (1960), Terry Fenwick (1959), Callum Blue (1977), Barry Ferguson (1978), Dhani Harrison (1978), and Penny Mordaunt (1973). After him are Douglas Murray (1979), Steve Wooddin (1955), Kevin Beattie (1953), Antony Costa (1981), Sammy McIlroy (1954), and Con O'Neill (1966).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Liam Fox ranks 715. Before him are Grant Shapps (1968), Jo Cox (1974), Shabana Mahmood (1980), Ben Wallace (1970), Michael Gove (1967), and Penny Mordaunt (1973). After him are Mark Drakeford (1954), Geoff Hoon (1953), Angela Rayner (1980), Jacob Rees-Mogg (1969), Mo Mowlam (1949), and John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness (1955).

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