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John Whittingdale

British politician · United Kingdom · On the map · Politicians · Born 1959 · age 67

Sir John Flasby Lawrance Whittingdale is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Maldon since 1992 and Shadow Minister for Health and Social Care since July 2024. He previously served as Culture Secretary from 2015 to 2016.

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2022Knight BachelorAward2019Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd classAward2008Fellow of the Royal Society of ArtsAward1990Officer of the Order of the British EmpireAward1959Born16 October 1959

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Knight Bachelor2022
Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class2019
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts2008
Officer of the Order of the British Empire1990

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Whittingdale was most recently Minister of State for Media, Tourism and Creative Industries and Minister of State for Data and Digital Infrastructure from May to December 2023, during the maternity leave of Julia Lopez.

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Born 1959 · age 67

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