Jack Straw Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Jack Straw, based on 5 World History Database records associated with Great Britain.

5 records1979–20015 events1 places

Chronological biography

1979

Member of Parliament1979

Government / Labour Party Government · Member of Parliament for Blackburn · Blackburn

Elected Member of Parliament for Blackburn

1997

Home Secretary of Great Britain1997

Government / Labour Party Government · Home Secretary of Great Britain

Appointed Home Secretary

1998

Scandal1 January 1998

Government / Labour Party Government · Home Secretary of Great Britain

Jack Straws son is exposed for selling cannabis

2001

Foreign Secretary of Great Britain2001

Government / Labour Party Government · Foreign Secretary of Great Britain

Appointed Foreign Secretary

Visit to To Iran by a British Foreign Minister2001

Government / Labour Party Government · Foreign Secretary of Great Britain

Jack Straw makes the 1st visit to Iran by a British Foreign Minister since 1979

Titles and roles

Foreign Secretary of Great Britain · Home Secretary of Great Britain · Member of Parliament for Blackburn

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.