Norman Baker
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The Right Honourable Norman Baker |
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| Minister of State for the Home Office | |
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In office 7 October 2013 – 3 November 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Jeremy Browne |
| Succeeded by | Lynne Featherstone |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport | |
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In office 15 May 2010 – 7 October 2013 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Paul Clark |
| Succeeded by | Robert Goodwill |
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Member of Parliament for Lewes |
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In office 1 May 1997 – 30 March 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Tim Rathbone |
| Succeeded by | Maria Caulfield |
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26 July 1957 Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal Democrat |
| Alma mater | Royal Holloway, University of London |
Norman John Baker PC (born 26 July 1957) is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewes in East Sussex from the 1997 general election to his defeat in 2015.
On 7 October 2013, Baker was appointed Minister of State at the Home Office in the coalition government of 2010-15. Baker resigned from his role as Minister for the Home Office on 3 November 2014.
Baker was born in Aberdeen, but his family moved to Hornchurch in East London in 1968. He was educated at the Royal Liberty School in Gidea Park, near Romford, and at Royal Holloway College, University of London, graduating in 1978 with a BA degree in German & History.
Baker was a regional director for Our Price Records for five years from 1978. He worked at Malling Street Service Station, Lewes, from 1983 to 1985. He taught English as a foreign language from 1985–97, with a spell as a Liberal Democrat environment researcher in the House of Commons in 1989–90. In 1987, he was elected as a councillor on the Lewes District Council, and two years later was also elected to the local county council of East Sussex. He became the Leader of Lewes District Council in 1991, a position he held until his election as an MP.
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