John Moore, Baron Moore of Lower Marsh
John Edward Michael Moore, Baron Moore of Lower Marsh, Lower Marsh in of the London Borough of Lambeth PC ( * November 26, 1937 in Kentish Town ) is a British politician and manager of the Conservative Party, for 18 years a Member of the House of Commons and during the tenure of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was several times minister and is a life peer member of the House of Lords since 1992.
Life
Career and lower house deputy
After visiting the Licensed Victuallers School Moore made 1955-1957 his military service in the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Korea, and then completed his studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science ( LSE). During his studies he was Leader of the Conservative Association in 1958 at the LSE. He then worked as a manager at banks and stockbrokers to 1974. During a stay abroad in the U.S., he supported 1961-1965 the policy of the Democratic Party in Chicago. After the board of Dean Witter International Ltd., he was in 1968, he most recently served as CEO of this company between 1975 and 1979.
In the early 1970s he began his political involvement in local politics when he was elected in 1971 for the conservative Tories as a member of the Council of the London Borough of Merton and this remained until 1974. In the general election on 28 February 1974 Moore was first elected as an MP in the House of Commons and represented there more than 18 years until the elections of 9 April 1992 the electoral district of Croydon Central. In the following years he was between 1975 and 1979 Vice - Chairman of the Conservative Party, and thus representative of the authorities responsible for the management of the party "Chairman " Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft of Dunton. Between 1977 and 2002 he was also a member of the Board of the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Shortly after the election victory of the Tories in the general election on May 3, 1979, the inauguration of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher took over Moore his first government post and was until June 1983 Parliamentary Under- Secretary of State at the Department of Energy before it between the 13th June and October 19, 1983 was economic secretary to the Treasury (Economic Secretary to the Treasury). He was subsequently appointed on 19 October 1983 to 21 May 1986 as Financial Secretary of the Treasury is responsible for taxes and privatization.
Minister, House of Lords member and manager in the private sector
On 21 May 1986 Moore was appointed by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as the successor of Nicholas Ridley to the Minister of Transport ( Secretary of State for Transport ) in the Cabinet. At the same time he was appointed Privy Councillor. In a cabinet reshuffle, he was followed on June 13, 1987 Norman Fowler as Minister of Social Services ( the Secretary of State for Social Services) and was also responsible for health in this capacity until July 25, 1988. In another government reshuffle on 25 July 1988, a new division of the departmental responsibilities: While he was still as Minister for Social Security ( Secretary of State for Social Security ) is responsible for social, Kenneth Clarke took over the leached from the previous department health as Health Minister ( Secretary of State for Health ). On July 23, 1989, he finally retired from the government and was replaced by Tony Newton as minister of social security.
After retiring from the Government Moore is a member of the advisory board of Marvin & Palmer Associates Inc USA, and since 1994 member of the board of this company since 1989. He was also a 1990-1991 member of the board of Gartmore Investment Management Group Ltd., since 1991 both a board member of Monitor Company Inc USA and since then Chairman of its subsidiaries monitor Europe. In addition, he was from 1990 to 1995 Member of the Advisory Board of Sir Alexander Gibb & Co and from 1991 to 2002 Member of the Advisory Board of the Institute of Directors ( IoD ), which represents the interests of company directors.
By Letters Patent of 3 July 1992 Moore was raised after his retirement from the House of Commons as a life peer with the title Baron Moore of Lower Marsh, Lower Marsh in of the London Borough of Lambeth to the peerage. Shortly afterwards, was his introduction ( Introduction) as a member of the House of Lords. In the upper house he belongs to the Group of the Conservative Party.
In the following years he held various manager positions in the private sector between 1992 and 2000 and was Chief Executive Officer of Credit Suisse Asset Management, after having been there since 1991 Board member. In addition, he was from 1992 to 1995 only CEO and thereafter until 2001, President of the Energy Saving Trust Ltd.. In addition, he was a board member of the Swiss American Corporation (1992 to 1996), GTECH Corporation (1992 to 2001), Blue Circle Industries plc ( 1993-2001 ), Camelot Holdings Ltd. ( 1993-1994 ) and Camelot Group plc ( 1994-1998 ). 1994 Moore was also a director of Rolls- Royce plc and was between 1996 and 2003 First Deputy Chairman of the Board and, most recently from 2003 to 2005 Chairman of the Board. In addition, he was also a director of Central European Growth Fund plc (1995 to 2000), BEA Associates (1996 to 1998), and TIG Holdings Inc (1997 to 1999) and the Private Client Bank Zurich (1999 to 2004). In addition, he served from 1994 to 1997 as a member of the Board of ITT Automotive Europe.