Dawn Primarolo

Dawn Primarolo ( born 2 May 1954 in London) is a British politician of the Labour Party.

Life

After the visit of Thomas Bennett Community College, she studied social sciences at the University of the West of England ( UWE) and the University of Bristol and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA Social Science ) from. Between 1985 and 1987 she worked as a member of the Council of the County of Avon in local politics.

In the general election of 11 June 1987, she was first elected as an MP in the House of Commons and is representing the constituency of Bristol South since then. 1989, there was an internal party scandal when the then MPs and party colleague John Reid made ​​sexually suggestive comments about them. During her Parliament membership she was initially 1992-1994 spokeswoman of the opposition to health and then to 1997 for the Treasury.

After the election of the Labour Party in the general election on May 2, 1997, she was in the government of Prime Minister Tony Blair Financial Secretary to the Treasury ( Financial Secretary to the Treasury ), and held that office until January 1999. Subsequently, she was from January 1999 to June 2007 Paymaster General ( Paymastress General ) and had the longest tenure in the history of this office.

In June 2007, she was appointed by Blair's successor, Gordon Brown Minister of State for Public Health in the Ministry of Health, before June 2009 was 2010 Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families at the Department for Children, then to the end of Brown's term of office on 11 May.

Since June 2010, Dawn Primarolo is second deputy chairman of the budget committee (Committee of Ways and Means ) of the House and also deputy speaker of the lower house ( Deputy Speaker).