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John Whitaker Straw (born 3 August 1946), commonly known as "Jack Straw", is a British (British people) Labour politician (Labour Party (UK)), who has been the Member of Parliament for Blackburn (Blackburn (UK Parliament constituency)) since 1979 (UK general election, 1979). From 2007 to 2010, he was the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain and the Secretary of State for Justice, appointed as part of Prime Minister (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) Gordon Browns first Cabinet (Brown Ministry). He also served as Home Secretary from 1997 to 2001, Foreign Secretary (Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) from 2001 to 2006 and Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons from 2006 to 2007 under Tony Blair, and is one of only three people to have served in Cabinet continuously from 1997 to 2010.
Honorific-prefix: The Right Honourable,
Honorific-suffix: MP (Member of Parliament)
Leader: Harriet Harman
Leader1: Harriet Harman
Leader6: Tony Blair
Leader7: John Smith (John Smith (Labour Party leader))
Constituency Mp8: Blackburn (Blackburn (UK Parliament constituency))
Majority8: 9,856 (21.7%)
Date of birth: 1946-08-03
Birth Location: Buckhurst Hill, United Kingdom
Party: Labour (Labour Party (UK))
Alma Mater: University of Leeds,Inns of Court School of Law
Religion: Anglicanism
Shadow Deputy Prime Minister (Deputy Prime Minister)
In office: 11 May 2010
Shadow Secretary of State for Justice (Secretary of State for Justice),Shadow Lord Chancellor (Lord Chancellor)
In office: 11 May 2010
Predceded by: Dominic Grieve
Secretary of State for Justice,Lord Chancellor
In office: 28 June 2007-11 May 2010
Predceded by: The Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton)
Succeeded by: Kenneth Clarke
Primeminister: Gordon Brown
Leader of the House of Commons,Lord Privy Seal
In office: 6 May 2006-27 June 2007
Predceded by: Geoff Hoon
Succeeded by: Harriet Harman
Primeminister: Tony Blair
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
In office: 8 June 2001-6 May 2006
Predceded by: Robin Cook
Succeeded by: Margaret Beckett
Primeminister: Tony Blair
Home Secretary
In office: 2 May 1997-8 June 2001
Predceded by: Michael Howard
Succeeded by: David Blunkett
Primeminister: Tony Blair
Shadow Home Secretary
In office: 22 July 1994-2 May 1997
Predceded by: Tony Blair
Succeeded by: Michael Howard
Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment
In office: 18 July 1992-22 July 1994
Predceded by: Bryan Gould
Succeeded by: Frank Dobson
In office: 3 May 1979
Predceded by: Barbara Castle