biography
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Mellor, David (John)
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| lived:
| (1949– )
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| biography:
| British statesman. He studied at Cambridge, and was called to the bar in 1972. He was elected Conservative MP for Putney in 1979, and after holding various junior posts became minister of state at the Home Office (1986–7, 1989–90), Foreign and Commonwealth Office (1987–8), and the Department of Health (1988–9). He was minister for the arts in 1990, then chief secretary to the Treasury (1990–2) and secretary of state for national heritage (1992). His political career ended when he was forced to resign from the government in 1992 following revelations about an extra-marital affair. He went on to present a football programme on BBC's Radio 5, and was voted BBC Radio Personality of the Year in 1995. He failed to retain his seat in the 1997 election, but later that year was appointed head of a football Task Force by the Labour minister for sport. |
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