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Dame Margaret Mary Beckett GBE (née Jackson; born 15 January 1943) is a British former politician who was Britain's first female Foreign Secretary and a minister under Prime Ministers Callaghan, Blair and Brown.
Apr 29, 2024 · Margaret Beckett (born January 15, 1943, Ashton-under-Lyme, Lancashire, England) is a British politician who served as foreign secretary of the United Kingdom (2006–07), the first woman to hold the post. She briefly served (1994) as leader of the Labour Party, the first woman to hold that post.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
May 5, 2006 · Margaret Beckett, who once briefly led the Labour Party -- the first woman to do so -- has become Britain's first woman foreign secretary following a major Cabinet reshuffle.
Dec 18, 2006 · A metallurgist by training, Beckett is a political alchemist skilled at turning base metal to gold. The only woman to have been both deputy and acting leader of the Labour Party, she has been written off many times, only to rise again.
- Mary Riddell
British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett and South Korean Foreign Secretary Ban Ki-Moon meet at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, in London, 21 June 2006. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images
Oct 9, 2006 · The UK is to push for more sanctions against North Korea after it claimed to have tested its first nuclear weapon, Margaret Beckett has said. She said the test, reportedly held at 0236 BST, was...
Mar 26, 2022 · Dame Margaret Beckett has served under four prime ministers, including as the first female foreign secretary in 2006 under Tony Blair. She is Britain's longest-serving female MP. Many local...
