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Margaret Beckett

1943 - Today

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Margaret Mary Beckett, Baroness Beckett, (née Jackson; born 15 January 1943), is a British politician. She was a member of Parliament (MP) for more than 45 years, first from 1974 to 1979 and then from 1983 to 2024. A member of the Labour Party, she was the United Kingdom's first female foreign secretary, and served as a minister under Prime Ministers Harold Wilson, James Callaghan, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. Beckett was Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1992 to 1994, and briefly Leader of the Opposition and acting Leader of the Labour Party following John Smith's death in 1994. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Margaret Beckett is the 14,804th most popular politician (down from 14,771st in 2019), the 3,847th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,720th in 2019) and the 517th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Margaret Beckett ranks 14,804 out of 19,576. Before her are Portia Simpson-Miller, Lucius Caecilius Metellus, Arshak III, Piyusti, Mikhail Tugan-Baranovsky, and Rafi ud-Darajat. After her are Ila-kabkabu, José María Moncada, Myrtle Cook, Hannibal Sehested, Julio Acosta García, and Alicia Moreau de Justo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Margaret Beckett ranks 473. Before her are Juan Masnik, Harley Race, Joël Robert, Silvia Cartwright, Günther Beckstein, and Yoram Globus. After her are Stephen Greenblatt, Steven Millhauser, Helen Quinn, Robert Durst, Domingo Perurena, and Milan Damjanović.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Margaret Beckett ranks 3,848 out of 8,785. Before her are Peter Ackroyd (1949), Simon Donaldson (1957), Henry Scott Tuke (1858), Frederick William Beechey (1796), Charles Jarrott (1927), and John Collins (1968). After her are Geoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron Oaksey (1880), Dick Gibson (1918), William Dobson (1610), Gary Numan (1958), Arthur Gardiner Butler (1844), and Clint Mansell (1963).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Margaret Beckett ranks 517. Before her are Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster (1355), Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby (1841), Archibald Sayce (1845), Algernon Sidney (1623), Jack Straw (1946), and Cenwalh of Wessex (601). After her are Alicia Moreau de Justo (1885), Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede (1871), Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood (1880), Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet (1628), Billy Hughes (1862), and Zac Goldsmith (1975).

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