Hazel Anne Blears (born 14 May 1956) is a British (British people) Labour politician (Labour Party (UK)) and the Member of Parliament for Salford (Salford (UK Parliament constituency)). She served in the Cabinet (UK Cabinet) as Minister without Portfolio and Labour Party Chair (Labour Party (UK)) between 2006 and 2007, and Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government from 2007 to 2009, when she resigned. Commenting on the announcement, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, said that Blears had made an "outstanding contribution" to public life.cite newsurl=News: Hazel Blears Resignspublisher=The BBCaccessdate=January 15, 2010 date=June 3, 2009 location=London
Honorific-prefix: The Right Honourable,
Honorific-suffix: MP (Member of Parliament)
Leader3: Tony Blair
Constituency Mp4: Salford and Eccles (Salford and Eccles (UK Parliament constituency)),Salford (Salford (UK Parliament constituency)) (1997-2010)
Majority4: 7,945 (35.2%)
Date of birth: 1956-05-14
Birth Location: Salford, Greater Manchester, Salford, United Kingdom
Spouse: Michael Halsall
Party: Labour (Labour Party (UK))
Alma Mater: Nottingham Trent University
Profession: Solicitor
Religion: Roman Catholicism (Catholic Church)
Website: www.hazelblears.co.uk
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
In office: 27 June 2007-5 June 2009
Predceded by: Ruth Kelly
Succeeded by: John Denham (John Denham (politician))
Primeminister: Gordon Brown
Minister without Portfolio
In office: 5 May 2006-27 June 2007
Predceded by: Ian McCartney
Succeeded by: The Baroness Warsi (Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi)
Primeminister: Tony Blair
Labour Party Chair (Labour Party (UK))
In office: 5 May 2006-24 June 2007
Predceded by: Ian McCartney
Succeeded by: Harriet Harman
In office: 1 May 1997
Predceded by: Stanley Orme (Stanley Orme, Baron Orme)