Geoff Hoon | |
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Secretary of State for Transport | |
In office 3 October 2008 – 5 June 2009 | |
Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
Preceded by | Ruth Kelly |
Succeeded by | The Lord Adonis |
Chief Whip of the House of Commons Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury | |
In office 28 June 2007 – 3 October 2008 | |
Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
Deputy | Nick Brown |
Preceded by | Jacqui Smith |
Succeeded by | Nick Brown |
Minister of State for Europe | |
In office 5 May 2006 – 28 June 2007 | |
Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
Preceded by | Douglas Alexander |
Succeeded by | Jim Murphy |
In office 28 July 1999 – 11 October 1999 | |
Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
Preceded by | Joyce Quin |
Succeeded by | Keith Vaz |
Leader of the House of Commons Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal | |
In office 6 May 2005 – 5 May 2006 | |
Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
Deputy | Phil Woolas Nigel Griffiths |
Preceded by | Peter Hain |
Succeeded by | Jack Straw |
Secretary of State for Defence | |
In office 11 October 1999 – 6 May 2005 | |
Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
Preceded by | George Robertson |
Succeeded by | John Reid |
Minister of State for Asia, the Pacific, Middle East and North Africa | |
In office 9 May 1999 – 28 July 1999 | |
Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
Preceded by | Derek Fatchett |
Succeeded by | Peter Hain |
Minister of State for the Lord Chancellor's Department | |
In office 28 July 1998 – 9 May 1999 | |
Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Harriet Harman (2005) |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Lord Chancellor's Department | |
In office 6 May 1997 – 28 July 1998 | |
Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Keith Vaz |
Member of Parliament for Ashfield | |
In office 9 April 1992 – 12 April 2010 | |
Preceded by | Frank Haynes |
Succeeded by | Gloria De Piero |
Personal details | |
Born | Geoffrey William Hoon 6 December 1953 Derby, Derbyshire, England |
Political party | Labour |
Spouse | Elaine Dumelow |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | Jesus College, Cambridge |
Geoffrey William Hoon (born 6 December 1953) is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashfield in Nottinghamshire from 1992 to 2010. He is a former Defence Secretary, Transport Secretary, Leader of the House of Commons and Government Chief Whip.
He had previously been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Derbyshire from 1984 to 1994.