Lord Heseltine
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The Right Honourable The Lord Heseltine CH PC |
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Heseltine in 2007
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| Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | |
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In office 20 July 1995 – 2 May 1997 |
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| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | Geoffrey Howe (1990) |
| Succeeded by | John Prescott |
| First Secretary of State | |
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In office 20 July 1995 – 2 May 1997 |
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| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | Barbara Castle (1970) |
| Succeeded by | John Prescott (2001) |
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President of the Board of Trade and Secretary of State for Trade and Industry |
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In office 11 April 1992 – 5 July 1995 |
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| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | Peter Lilley |
| Succeeded by | Ian Lang |
| Secretary of State for the Environment | |
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In office 28 November 1990 – 11 April 1992 |
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| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | Chris Patten |
| Succeeded by | Michael Howard |
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In office 5 May 1979 – 6 January 1983 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Peter Shore |
| Succeeded by | Tom King |
| Secretary of State for Defence | |
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In office 6 January 1983 – 7 January 1986 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | John Nott |
| Succeeded by | George Younger |
| Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment | |
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In office 19 November 1976 – 4 May 1979 |
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| Leader | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Timothy Raison |
| Succeeded by | Peter Shore |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Industry | |
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In office 28 February 1974 – 19 November 1976 |
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| Leader |
Edward Heath Margaret Thatcher |
| Succeeded by | John Biffen |
| Minister of State for Aerospace and Shipping | |
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In office 24 March 1972 – 28 February 1974 |
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| Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
| Preceded by | Frederick Corfield |
| Succeeded by | Stanley Clinton Davis |
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Member of Parliament for Henley |
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In office 28 February 1974 – 7 June 2001 |
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| Preceded by | John Hay |
| Succeeded by | Boris Johnson |
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Member of Parliament for |
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In office 31 March 1966 – 28 February 1974 |
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| Preceded by | Henry Studholme |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal |
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Assumed office 12 July 2001 Life Peerage |
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| Personal details | |
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Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine 21 March 1933 Swansea, Wales, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Heseltine |
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| Alma mater | Pembroke College, Oxford |
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| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 British Army
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| Years of service | 1959 |
| Rank | Second Lieutenant |
| Unit | Welsh Guards |
| a. ^ Office vacant from 1 November 1990 to 5 July 1995. b. ^ Office vacant from 19 June 1970 to 5 July 1995. c. ^ Office vacant from 2 May 1997 to 8 June 2001. | |
Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine, Baron Heseltine, CH, PC (born 21 March 1933) is a British Conservative politician and businessman. After initially making money as a property developer, he was one of the founders of the publishing house Haymarket. He was a Member of Parliament from 1966 to 2001, and was a prominent figure in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major including serving as Deputy Prime Minister under the latter.
Heseltine entered the Cabinet in 1979 as Secretary of State for the Environment, where he promoted the "Right to Buy" campaign that allowed two million families to purchase their council houses. Heseltine was considered an adept media performer and a charismatic minister, although he was frequently at odds with Thatcher on economic issues and was one of the most visible "wets", whose "One Nation" views were epitomised by his support for the regeneration of the City of Liverpool, in the early 1980s when it was facing economic collapse; this later earned him the award of Freeman of the City of Liverpool in 2012. He was Secretary of State for Defence from 1983 to 1986. In the latter role he was instrumental in the political battle against the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. He resigned from the Cabinet in 1986 over the Westland Affair and returned to the back benches.
Following Geoffrey Howe's resignation speech in November 1990, Heseltine challenged Thatcher for the leadership of the Conservative Party, polling well enough to deny her an outright victory on the first ballot. He then lost to John Major on the second ballot, but returned to the Cabinet when Major became Prime Minister.
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