Cheryl Gillan

Cheryl Elise Kendall Gillan (* April 21, 1952 in Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales) is a British politician of the Conservative Party. From May 2010 to from September 2012 held the post of Minister for Wales.

Biography

The daughter of an officer in the British Army and later director of a steel company studied post-school law and was later at International Management Group ( IMG) operates an active in the areas of legal advice and sports marketing international group based in Cleveland, Ohio. In addition, it was between 1984 and 1986 Director of the British Film Year.

In the general election on 9 April 1992, she was elected as the successor of Ian Gilmour and candidate of the Conservative Party for the first time as a member of the lower house (House of Commons ) and represents in this since the constituency of Chesham and Amersham. In the general election 2010, she last received 60.25 percent of the votes and could clearly argue against their four rival candidates.

In this role, she was initially parliamentary point of contact for the Royal Air Force and equipped it on flights with various types of aircraft many air bases at home and abroad visits from.

Their first office in a government she joined in 1994 as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Lord Privy Seal ( Lord Privy Seal), Viscount Cranborne, in the Cabinet of Prime Minister John Major on. In 1995, she was then Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Ministry of Education and Employment.

After the electoral defeat of the Conservatives in the 1997 General Election she was first spokeswoman of the opposition of Trade and Industry, before it was then from 1998 to 2001 Opposition Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs, Affairs of the Commonwealth of Nations and to international development. In 2001 her appointment as Managing Director of Parliamentary ( Whip ) the conservative faction in the lower house.

Subsequently, she was first appointed to the Shadow Cabinet of the Conservative Party in 2003, where he was shadow Minister for Home Affairs, Constitutional and legal matters. Then she was between 2005 and May 2010 Shadow Minister for Wales.

After the electoral victory of the Conservative Party in the general election in 2010, she was appointed on 11 May 2010 by Prime Minister David Cameron Minister for Wales in the Cabinet. She was the first woman who runs the Ministry of Wales, yet she holds no constituency in Wales. As a minister, she sat still on a strong army presence in Wales, which she held for the development and growth of high-tech and other companies in the Welsh economy is important.