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Paul Murphy (UK politician)

The Right Honourable
The Lord Murphy of Torfaen
KCMCO KSG PC
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Murphy (centre) with David Manning and George W. Bush at the White House for St. Patrick's Day (2005)
Secretary of State for Wales
In office
24 January 2008 – 5 June 2009
Prime Minister Gordon Brown
Preceded by Peter Hain
Succeeded by Peter Hain
In office
28 July 1999 – 24 October 2002
Prime Minister Tony Blair
Preceded by Alun Michael
Succeeded by Peter Hain
Chairperson of the Intelligence and Security Committee
In office
6 May 2005 – 24 January 2008
Preceded by Ann Taylor
Succeeded by Margaret Beckett
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
In office
24 October 2002 – 6 May 2005
Prime Minister Tony Blair
Preceded by John Reid
Succeeded by Peter Hain
Member of Parliament
for Torfaen
In office
11 June 1987 – 30 March 2015
Preceded by Leo Abse
Succeeded by Nick Thomas-Symonds
Personal details
Born (1948-11-25) 25 November 1948 (age 68)
Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK
Political party Labour
Alma mater Oriel College, Oxford
Religion Roman Catholicism
Website Constituency website

Paul Peter Murphy, Baron Murphy of Torfaen KCMCO, KSG, PC (born 25 November 1948) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Torfaen from 1987 to 2015, and served in the Cabinet as both Northern Irish and Welsh Secretary. He previously held the position of Minister of State for Northern Ireland from February 1997 until 1999, when he was promoted to Secretary of State for Wales. He was nominated for a life peerage in the 2015 Dissolution Honours.

Paul Peter Murphy was born to Ronald and Marjorie (née Gough) Murphy. He has a younger brother, Neil. Murphy's father, Ronald, was a miner of Irish descent. The family was devoutly Catholic. His mother, Marjorie (née Gough), was English, and her family were businesspeople.

Paul Murphy attended St Francis Roman Catholic School, Abersychan and West Monmouth School, Pontypool. He later attended Oriel College, Oxford to study History. He was a management trainee with the CWS, before becoming a lecturer in Government and History at Ebbw Vale College of Further Education, now part of Coleg Gwent. He has never married. Murphy once said in an interview "I have so many books, there's only enough room for me".


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