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Person.png Sir Keir Starmer   Twitter WebsiteRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(lawyer)
Keir Starmer.jpeg
Born1962-09-02
London, England
Alma materUniversity of Leeds, St Edmund Hall (Oxford)
Children2
SpouseVictoria Alexander
Member ofLabour Friends of Israel, Trilateral Commission
PartyLabour

Employment.png Director of Public Prosecutions Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
1 November 2008 - 1 November 2013
Preceded byKen Macdonald
Succeeded byAlison Saunders

Sir Keir Starmer (born 2 September 1962) is a British politician and barrister who has been the Labour Party Member of Parliament for Holborn and St Pancras since the 2015 General Election. On 6 October 2016 he was appointed Shadow Brexit Secretary by Jeremy Corbyn.[1]

Keir Starmer was the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the Head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) from 2008 to 2013.[2] He has prosecuted in numerous cases for the CPS during his career, while acting principally as a defence lawyer specialising in human rights issues.[3]

 

Appointments by Keir Starmer

AppointeeJobAppointedEnd
Jon AshworthShadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care7 October 201629 November 2021
Jon AshworthShadow Work and Pensions Secretary29 November 2021
Anneliese DoddsShadow Chancellor of the Exchequer5 April 20209 May 2021
Anneliese DoddsShadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities21 September 2021
Anneliese DoddsChair of the Labour Party9 May 2021
David LammyShadow Foreign Secretary29 November 2021
Lucy PowellShadow Secretary of State for Housing9 May 202129 November 2021
Lucy PowellShadow Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport29 November 2021
Ellie ReevesShadow Minister for Prisons and Probation4 December 2021
Ellie ReevesShadow Solicitor General9 April 20204 December 2021
Rachel ReevesShadow Chancellor of the Exchequer9 May 2021
Rachel ReevesShadow Minister for the Cabinet Office5 April 20209 May 2021
Jo StevensShadow Secretary of State for Wales29 November 2021
Jo StevensShadow Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport6 April 202029 November 2021

 

Event Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
WEF/Annual Meeting/202316 January 202320 January 2023Switzerland
World Economic Forum
The theme of the meeting was "Cooperation in a Fragmented World"

 

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