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| |honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]] | | |honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]] |
| |name = The Lord Falconer of Thoroton | | |name = The Lord Falconer of Thoroton |
− | |honorific-suffix = [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|PC]] [[Queen's Counsel|QC]] | + | |honorific-suffix = [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|PC]] [[King's Counsel|KC]] |
| |image = Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton, May 2009.jpg | | |image = Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton, May 2009.jpg |
| |office = [[Shadow Secretary of State for Justice]]<br>[[Shadow Lord Chancellor]] | | |office = [[Shadow Secretary of State for Justice]]<br>[[Shadow Lord Chancellor]] |
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| |alma_mater = [[Queens' College, Cambridge]] | | |alma_mater = [[Queens' College, Cambridge]] |
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− | '''Charles Leslie '''"'''Charlie'''"''' Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton''', [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|PC]], [[Queen's Counsel|QC]], (born 19 November 1951) is a [[British people|British]] [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour peer]] and [[barrister]]. | + | '''Charles Leslie '''"'''Charlie'''"''' Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton''', {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|PC|KC|sep=,}} (born 19 November 1951) is a [[British people|British]] [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour peer]] and [[barrister]]. |
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| Falconer became the [[Lord Chancellor]] and the first [[Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs]] in 2003 under [[Prime Minister]] [[Tony Blair]]. He is the first [[Secretary of State for Justice]] in a 2007 reorganization and enlargement of the portfolio of the Department for Constitutional Affairs. He held this role for over a month until [[Gordon Brown]] became Prime Minister in June 2007. | | Falconer became the [[Lord Chancellor]] and the first [[Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs]] in 2003 under [[Prime Minister]] [[Tony Blair]]. He is the first [[Secretary of State for Justice]] in a 2007 reorganization and enlargement of the portfolio of the Department for Constitutional Affairs. He held this role for over a month until [[Gordon Brown]] became Prime Minister in June 2007. |
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| Falconer was replaced by [[Jack Straw]]. He was named Shadow Justice Secretary under the acting leadership of [[Harriet Harman]], and continued in this role after the election of [[Jeremy Corbyn]] as leader of the party, until he resigned on 26 June 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/26/labour-shadow-cabinet-resignations-jeremy-corbyn-who-has-gone |author-last1=Syal |author-first=Rajeev |author2-last=Perraudin |author2-first=Frances |title=Shadow cabinet resignations: who has gone and who is staying |publisher=[[The Guardian]] |date=26 June 2016 |access-date=26 June 2016}}</ref> | | Falconer was replaced by [[Jack Straw]]. He was named Shadow Justice Secretary under the acting leadership of [[Harriet Harman]], and continued in this role after the election of [[Jeremy Corbyn]] as leader of the party, until he resigned on 26 June 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/26/labour-shadow-cabinet-resignations-jeremy-corbyn-who-has-gone |author-last1=Syal |author-first=Rajeev |author2-last=Perraudin |author2-first=Frances |title=Shadow cabinet resignations: who has gone and who is staying |publisher=[[The Guardian]] |date=26 June 2016 |access-date=26 June 2016}}</ref> |
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− | ==References== | + | == Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer Of Thoroton Media == |
| + | <gallery widths='160px' heights='100%' mode='traditional' caption=''> |
| + | File:Official portrait of Lord Falconer of Thoroton.jpg|Official Parliamentary Portrait in May 2018 by [[Chris McAndrew]] |
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| + | File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg|Coronet of a British Baron |
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| + | File:Falconer of Thoroton Escutcheon.png|Falconer of Thoroton Escutcheon |
| + | </gallery> |
| + | == References == |
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| [[Category:British lawyers]] | | [[Category:British lawyers]] |
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