Gerald Howarth
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Sir Gerald Howarth MP |
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| Minister for International Security Strategy | |
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In office 12 May 2010 – 4 September 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Ann Taylor |
| Succeeded by | Mark Francois |
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Member of Parliament for Aldershot |
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Assumed office 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Julian Critchley |
| Majority | 14,901 (32.1%) |
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Member of Parliament for Cannock and Burntwood |
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In office 9 June 1983 – 9 April 1992 |
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| Preceded by | Gwilym Roberts |
| Succeeded by | Tony Wright |
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James Gerald Douglas Howarth 12 September 1947 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Jane Squibb |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Southampton |
| Religion | Anglican |
| Website | www.geraldhowarth.org |
Sir James Gerald Douglas Howarth (born 12 September 1947), known as Gerald Howarth, is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aldershot since 1997, having been the MP for Cannock and Burntwood from 1983 to 1992.
He was the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Defence as Minister for International Security Strategy from May 2010 to September 2012 and is chairman of Conservative Way Forward. He is standing down at the 2017 general election.
The son of James and Mary Howarth, he was educated at Bloxham School and the University of Southampton (BA Hons), and married Elizabeth Jane (née Squibb) in 1973; the couple have two sons and a daughter. A qualified private pilot, he was commissioned into the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve as an acting pilot officer in 1968, serving until late 1969. Twenty years later, in 1988, he received the Britannia Airways Parliamentary Pilot of the Year Award. In 1971 was employed by the Bank of America International Ltd., where he remained until 1977, when he moved to the European Arab Bank until 1981 (Manager 1979–81). He then became the Syndication Manager for the Standard Chartered Bank for the next two years, after which he was first elected to parliament.
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