Margaret Beckett
Margaret Beckett
Dame Margaret Mary Beckett, DBEis a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliamentfor Derby South since 1983. She was the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party under John Smith 1992 to 1994, and briefly served as Leader of the Labour Party after Smith died suddenly. She later served in the Cabinet under Prime Minister Tony Blair in a number of roles, becoming Britain's first female Foreign Secretary in 2006...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth15 January 1943
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