Owen Paterson
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The Right Honourable Owen Paterson MP |
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| Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | |
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In office 4 September 2012 – 14 July 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Caroline Spelman |
| Succeeded by | Liz Truss |
| Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | |
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In office 12 May 2010 – 4 September 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Shaun Woodward |
| Succeeded by | Theresa Villiers |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | |
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In office 2 July 2007 – 11 May 2010 |
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| Leader | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | David Lidington |
| Succeeded by | Shaun Woodward |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition | |
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In office 13 September 2001 – 6 November 2003 Alongside Alistair Burt (2002-03) |
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| Leader | Iain Duncan Smith |
| Preceded by | John Whittingdale |
| Succeeded by | Alistair Burt |
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Member of Parliament for North Shropshire |
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Assumed office 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | John Biffen |
| Majority | 15,828 (30.5%) |
| Personal details | |
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Owen William Paterson 24 June 1956 Whitchurch, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Rose Ridley |
| Children | Felix Ned Evie |
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Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University of Northampton |
| Religion | Anglicanism |
| Website | owenpaterson |
Owen William Paterson (born 24 June 1956) is a British Conservative Party politician who was the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2012 until 2014 and has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Shropshire since 1997.
Paterson was first appointed to the Shadow Cabinet of David Cameron in 2007 as Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. Upon the formation of the Coalition Government in 2010 he was appointed to the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, where he remained until being moved to DEFRA in 2012.
In 2014 he established and became the Chairman of UK 2020, a centre-right think tank based in Westminster.
Paterson was born in Whitchurch, Shropshire. He attended Abberley Hall School and Radley College, before beginning studies at Cambridge University, where he read History at Corpus Christi College. He then went on to the National Leathersellers College (now the British School of Leather Technology at the University of Northampton).
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