David Hunt, Baron Hunt of Wirral
David James Fletcher Hunt, Baron Hunt of Wirral, of Wirral in the County of Merseyside PC MBE ( born May 21, 1942) is a British politician of the Conservative Party, the for during the tenure of Prime Minister John Major both Minister for Wales and Minister employment and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster was.
Life
Study, involvement in youth organizations and the House deputy
After attending the Liverpool College Hunt studied law at the University of Bristol and began after graduation and the lawyer's admission to the Bar in 1968 and worked as a solicitor and partner of Beachcroft LLP, an international law firm for commercial law.
During his studies, he served as 1970 President of the Conservative Association at the University of Bristol and then 1972-1973 President of the National Young Conservatives, the youth organization of the Conservative Party and from 1974 to 1976 Vice- President of the European Conservatives and Christian Democratic Youth Community, the umbrella organization of youth organizations of European conservative and christian Democratic party and forerunner of the Youth of the European People's Party ( YEPP ). In addition, he was also active from 1971 to 1974 as chairman of the British Youth Council and was also a 1972-1976 member of the Economic Planning Council for South West England and between 1972 to 1975 a member of the Advisory Commission of the Government for the organization of pop festivals and governor in Strasbourg -based European Youth Foundation.
After he had tried in 1970 and again in February and October 1974 in vain in the constituencies Bristol South and Kingswood unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Commons, he was at a by-election ( By-election ) on 11 March 1976 as a candidate of the Conservative Party first elected to the House of representatives and represented the constituency of Wirral there first and after the general election of June 9, 1983 to May 1, 1997 Wirral West constituency.
During his long parliamentary membership, he was first spokesman of the opposition Tory faction for shipping and shipbuilding, before he then Parliamentary Private Secretary to John Nott, the first Minister of Commerce and then in 1981 was defense minister from 1979 to 1981. He was subsequently appointed Deputy Whip Hunt only and then from 1983 to 1984 Whip of the Conservative government faction. Between 1978 and 1980 he was next President of the British Youth Council, as well as 1983 and 1984, he was also deputy chairman of the Conservative Party. He was also between 1979 and 1981 Chairman of the British -Atlantic group of young politicians, and then from 1981 to 1983 President of the Atlantic Association of Young political leader.
Ascent to the Minister
In 1984 he recorded his first government post as " junior ministers " with his appointment as Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Ministry of Energy and then was between 1987 and 1989 Deputy Parliamentary Chief Executive of the Government fraction ( Deputy Chief Whip ) with the title of Treasurer of Her Majesty's Household ). Subsequently, he became Minister for Local Government and inner cities.
Following the appointment of Prime Minister Major to succeed Margaret Thatcher in May 1990 he was Minister for Wales ( Secretary of State for Wales ) and then as part of a cabinet reshuffle in July 1993 successor by Gillian Shephard as employment minister ( Secretary of State for Employment). After a further reshuffle Hunt was between July 1994 and June 1995 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ( Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ) and at the same time Minister of Public Service and Science. He was most recently June-July 1995, once Minister for Wales in the Cabinet Major. After 1991 to 1997 Chairman of the Tory Reform Group, he was at the same time, he is his party since 1997, Patron of this parliamentary association.
Member of the Upper House
After retiring from the House, he was raised in 1997 as a life peer with the title of Baron Hunt of Wirral, of Wirral in the County of Merseyside in the nobility and heard since then as a member of the House of Lords.
In the following years he became involved in particular in the English-Speaking Union ( ESU), a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the English language. There he was first governor in 1998 and then was between 2000 and 2005 Vice-Chairman, before 2005-2011 Chairman and at the same time between 2008 and 2011 Chairman of the International Association of ESU. Furthermore, between 2004 and 2008 was Chairman or President of the Advisory Board for professional standards of the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII ), the national trade association of the UK insurance industry, and since 2011 Chairman of the Commission for Complaints Press ( Press Complaints Commission ). In addition, he serves as Vice Chairman of the Holocaust Educational Trust and Vice- President of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents ( Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents ).
In the House of Lords, he was from 2008 to 2010 Opposition Spokesperson for Business, Enterprise and the reform of regulations and was at the same time, between January 2009 and May 2010 Member of the Shadow Cabinet of the Conservative Party and there " Shadow Minister for Business, Enterprise and the reform of regulations ".