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Geoffrey Howe - Biography, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Filmography

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December 20, 1926, Port Talbot - October 9, 2015, Warwickshire - British statesman, member of the Conservative Party. Graduated from Winchester College and Cambridge Trinity Hall Law School. From 1946 to 1948 served as a lieutenant in the waxes of British intelligence in East Africa. In 1952 he was given the opportunity to practice law, and in 1965 he became a member of the Privy Council.
In 1960 he was named chairman of the Bow Group, a think tank for young conservative modernizers, and also edited Crossbow magazine .
From 1964 to 1966 represented the Bebington constituency in the House of Commons. He was a representative of the opposition about labor and social issues (1965-1966). Later he was elected to the House of Commons from the districts of Reigate (1970-1974), East Surrey (1974-1992). Gruvemuvestart In 1970, the politician was knighted and appointed Solicitor General of England and Wales in the cabinet of Edward Heath, at the same time he was one of the two QCs in England and Wales. In 1974-1974. served as Minister of Commerce and Consumption.
During the period of the Conservatives in opposition (1974-1979), he was considered one of the main competitors of Margaret Thatcher in the struggle for party leadership. After her victory, he becomes Chancellor of the Treasury in the country's shadow government. He is considered the "spiritual father" of the New Economic Policy, which was formulated in a mini-manifesto of the opposition entitled "The Right Approach in Economics." Labor head of the Treasury, Denis Healy, responded by calling the opposition's attacks a "rabid attack of a dead sheep" .
After the Conservatives came to power, he became the politician who held the longest ministerial posts in the cabinet of Margaret Thatcher:
In 1979-1983. - Chancellor of the Treasury. He is considered the architect of the government's successful anti-inflationary policy. In this post, he took radical measures to improve the public finance system and liberalize the economy. In particular, there was a transition from direct to indirect taxation, a model of medium-term financial planning was developed, currency controls were abolished, and tax-free business zones were created. In 1983-1989. - Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of Great Britain. In this post, he pursued a course of close coordination of his country's foreign policy with the vectors set by the United States. He was convinced of a supporter of strengthening NATO and launched a diplomatic offensive against the Warsaw Pact countries to implement the Helsinki Agreements (1975) in terms of respecting human rights and fundamental rights to freedom of movement. In 1984 he negotiated with the PRC on the transfer of Hong Kong to China. However, his relationship with Thatcher gradually began to deteriorate, primarily because, unlike the Prime Minister, he was a supporter of close European integration. There have also been serious controversies over attitudes towards the apartheid regime in South Africa. Thatcher's decision to transfer him in 1989 came as a major blow to Howe. In 1989-1990. - combined the duties of the leader of the House of Commons and Deputy Prime Minister of Great Britain. On November 1, 1990, he left his posts after Thatcher refused to agree on the timing of Britain's accession to the single European currency. On November 13, Howe delivered a speech in the House of Commons in which he explained the reasons for his resignation, accusing Thatcher of undermining the efforts of her own ministers aimed at positive participation of the country in European affairs. His speech helped consolidate Thatcher's opponents in the Conservative Party. Howe's departure from government anticipated Thatcher’s resignation by three weeks.
After leaving the House of Commons (1992) by Queen Elizabeth II, he was awarded the title of Baron and became a member of the House of Lords. He worked as a consultant in a number of large international companies, in particular, in the American law firm Jones Day. He has also been a member of the UK Metric Association since 1965, a lobbying group that advocates for the full introduction of the UK metric system. In May 2015, in accordance with the provisions of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014, he voluntarily resigned.


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