John Prescott

John Prescott speaking at The ICD Reykjavík Congress on Human Rights 2013 Norðurljós, Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Center (Iceland, Reykjavík, April 10th - 13th, 2013)

John Prescott is a British politician who was the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007.

Biography

In the 1994 he became deputy leader of the Labour party. He was appointed Deputy Prime Minister after Labour’s victory in the 1997 election, with an expanded role as Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions. Prescott also developed a reputation as a key conciliator in the often tense relationship between Tony Blair and the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown. In 2010 he entered the House of Lords as a life peer with the title “Baron Prescott, of Kingston upon Hull in the County of East Yorkshire”.

Education

He then went to the independent Ruskin College in Oxford, which specialises in courses for union officials, where he gained a diploma in economics and politics in 1965. In 1968, he obtained a BSc in economics and economic history at the University of Hull.

Further Information

"A Politician's Perspective on the Enforcement of Human Rights both Nationally and Internationally" A Lecture by Lord John Leslie Prescott, Former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom The Reykjavík Congress on Human Rights 2013 Norðurljós, Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Center (Iceland, Reykjavík, April 10th - 13th, 2013)

External Links and References

ICD official web page profile

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Harry Pursey	Member of Parliament for Hull East (UK Parliament constituency)	Succeeded by Karl Turner as Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull East
Party political offices
Preceded by Margaret Beckett	Deputy Leader of the Labour Party 1994–2007	Succeeded by Harriet Harman
Political offices
Preceded by John Gummer as Secretary of State for the Environment	Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions 1997–2001	Succeeded by Margaret Beckett as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Preceded by George Young as Secretary of State for Transport		Succeeded by Stephen Byers as Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
Preceded by Michael Heseltine	Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1997–2007	Vacant Title next held by Nick Clegg
Vacant Title last held by Michael_Heseltine	First Secretary of State 2001–2007	Vacant Title next held by The Lord Mandelson</tbody>