Norman Fowler, Baron Fowler
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The Right Honourable The Lord Fowler Kt PC |
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| Lord Speaker | |
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Assumed office 1 September 2016 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | The Baroness D'Souza |
| Shadow Home Secretary | |
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In office 2 June 1998 – 15 June 1999 |
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| Leader | William Hague |
| Preceded by | Brian Mawhinney |
| Succeeded by | Ann Widdecombe |
| Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions | |
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In office 11 June 1997 – 1 June 1998 |
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| Leader | William Hague |
| Preceded by | The Lord Young of Cookham |
| Succeeded by | Gillian Shephard |
| Chairman of the Conservative Party | |
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In office 11 May 1992 – 15 July 1994 |
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| Leader | John Major |
| Preceded by | Chris Patten |
| Succeeded by | Jeremy Hanley |
| Secretary of State for Employment | |
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In office 13 June 1987 – 3 January 1990 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | David Young |
| Succeeded by | Michael Howard |
| Secretary of State for Social Services | |
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In office 14 September 1981 – 13 June 1987 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Patrick Jenkin |
| Succeeded by | John Moore |
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Secretary of State for Transport Minister of State for Transport (1979-1981) |
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In office 4 May 1979 – 14 September 1981 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Bill Rodgers |
| Succeeded by | David Howell |
| Opposition Chief Spokesman on Transport | |
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In office 15 January 1976 – 4 May 1979 |
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| Leader | Margaret Thatcher |
| Succeeded by | Bill Rodgers (Shadow Minister for Transport) |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Services | |
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In office 18 February 1975 – 15 January 1976 |
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| Leader | Margaret Thatcher |
| Succeeded by | Patrick Jenkin |
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Member of Parliament for Sutton Coldfield |
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In office 28 February 1974 – 7 June 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Geoffrey Lloyd |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Mitchell |
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Member of Parliament for Nottingham South |
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In office 18 June 1970 – 28 February 1974 |
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| Preceded by | George Perry |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal |
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Assumed office 6 July 2001 Life Peerage |
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| Personal details | |
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2 February 1938 Chelmsford, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Speaker |
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Conservative (until 2016) |
| Alma mater | Trinity Hall, Cambridge |
Peter Norman Fowler, Baron Fowler, PC (born 2 February 1938) is a British politician who was a member of Margaret Thatcher's ministry. He is currently the Lord Speaker, having assumed office at the beginning of September 2016.
After serving as Shadow Minister of Transport, he was appointed Minister of Transport in 1979, being responsible for making seat belts compulsory. Later, as Secretary of State for Health and Social Services, he drew public attention to the dangers of AIDS. He resigned from the cabinet as Employment Secretary, and was knighted in 1990.
He was Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1992 to 1994, Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Transport and the Regions in 1997–98 and Shadow Home Secretary in 1998–99. In 2001, he was made a Conservative life peer as Baron Fowler.
The son of N. F. and Katherine Fowler, he was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School in Chelmsford, in the county of Essex; after which he did National Service as a second lieutenant in the Essex Regiment. Whilst studying at Trinity Hall, Cambridge (BA Economics & Law 1961), he was Chairman of the Cambridge University Conservative Association in Michaelmas 1960, in which term he entertained both the Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and Home Secretary (and de facto Deputy Prime Minister, although he did not hold the title until 1962) Rab Butler. He then became a journalist, and worked on The Times.
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