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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.
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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...
Dec 14, 2021 · The husband of veteran Labour MP Dame Margaret Beckett has died at the age of 95, the party has announced. The pair married in 1979 with Leo, a local Labour party chairman, becoming a central ...
Dec 14, 2021 · The husband of veteran Labour MP Dame Margaret Beckett has died at the age of 95, the party has announced. The pair married in 1979 with Leo, a local Labour party chairman, becoming a central...
Biography. The Rt Hon Margaret Beckett GBE was appointed to the Committee on Standards in Public Life on 1 November 2010 and was last reappointed on 1 November 2022 for a further 3 year term....
Mar 26, 2022 · Britain’s first female foreign secretary Margaret Beckett has announced her intention to retire at the next general election, some 48 years after first becoming an MP.
