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| Affiliation | Labour |
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| Name | Denis Howell |
| Address |
Birmingham, England , United Kingdom |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
September 04, 1923 |
| Died |
April 19, 1998
(75 years) |
| Contributor | New Jerusalem |
| Last Modifed | New Jerusalem
Sep 04, 2012 11:38am |
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| Info | Denis Herbert Howell, Baron Howell
Member of Birmingham City Council 1946-1956 (Group Secretary 1950-1956), Member of Parliament for Birmingham All Saints 1955-1959 and for Birmingham Small Heath 1961-1992. General Secretary of the Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staffs Union (APEX) 1971-1983. Raised to the Peerage in 1992 as Baron Howell of Aston Manor in the City of Birmingham.
Minister for Sport 1964-1970 and 1974-1979, and also in various other posts in the Department for Education & Science (1964-1969), Housing & Local Government (1969-1970) and the Environment (1974-1979).
Famously, Howell was appointed Minister for Drought in the summer of 1976 (the driest in centuries) - days later heavy rain ended the drought, though caused serious flooding. Howell was promptly appointed as Minister for Floods.
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