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Michael Howard, British statesman, studied at Cambridge, where he was president of the Union, and was called to the bar in 1964. He was elected an MP in 1983, and after several junior posts became minister for local government (1987-8), minister for water and planning (1988-90), secretary-of-state for employment (1990-2) and the environment (1992-3), and home secretary (1993-7). He emerged as a contender for the leadership of the Conservative Party following John Major's resignation in 1997, but withdrew after the first ballot and became shadow foreign secretary (1997-9). He was appointed shadow chancellor (2001- ).
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