Dominic Grieve

Dominic Charles Roberts Grieve QC ( born May 24, 1956 in Lambeth, England) is a British politician and the Conservative Party since May 2010 Attorney General ( Attorney General ) for England and Wales and general lawyer ( Advocate General ) for Northern Ireland.

Biography

The son of longtime House of Representatives Percy Grieve studied after visiting Westminster School Modern History at Magdalen College, Oxford University. During his studies he was 1977 Chairman of the Conservative Association at Oxford University. After a subsequent postgraduate study of law at the Polytechnic of Central London ( PLC), he was admitted to the bar in 1980.

In addition to his professional activities as a lawyer, he began his political career in local politics as a councilor in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Moreover, not only was he from 1992 to 1995 Chairman of the Research Committee of the Society of Conservative Lawyers (Society of Conservative Lawyers ), but was also active in the Church of England as a member of the Synod of the Diocese of London from 1994 to 2000. Besides he was a member of the French -British Council and Governor of the Ditchley Foundation, an organization promoting foreign relations, particularly between Britain and the United States.

In the 1997 elections, he was elected as a 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 Beaconsfield. During his parliamentary membership, it dealt with the issues of law and order, constitutional law, European Union, defense, environmental and foreign policy.

In June 1999, he was appointed the Conservative spokesman for Scotland, before in September 2001 spokesperson for criminal justice and community cohesion within the domestic teams in the shadow cabinet. He then from 2003 to 2009 he was attorney general of the Shadow Cabinet and was at the same time the opposition leader David Cameron in June 2008 for the shadow home secretary ( Shadow Home Secretary ) appointed. After that he was from January 2009 to May 2010 the Minister of Justice in Cameron's shadow cabinet, and thus continued his role within the conservative faction within the policies Criminal Justice, Constitutional Affairs and ethnic diversity continued.

After his re-election to the House of Representatives in the general election on 6 May 2010 with 61 percent of the vote he was appointed to the Government on 11 May 2010 by Prime Minister David Cameron to the Attorney General for England and Wales and general advocate for Northern Ireland and as such uses in when needed the Cabinet in part. Grieve is thus the chief advisor to the government on legal matters.

Grieves appointment was surprising, especially not him, but the former Chancellor of the Exchequer Kenneth Clarke Minister for Justice and Lord Chancellor. However, Grieve is regarded as the representative of the conservative traditionalists in the government, in particular enjoys great reputation among lawyers.