Norman Fowler

Categories: Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge | British MPs | British Secretaries of State | Life peers | Members of the Privy Council | UK Conservative Party politicians

The Right Honourable Peter Norman Fowler, Baron Fowler, PC (born 1937) usually known as Norman Fowler before he was given his peerage, and probably now best known as Lord Fowler, is a British Conservative politician who was from 1981 to 1990 a member of Margaret Thatcher's Cabinet. He was made a life peer in 2001.

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Education

He was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School in Chelmsford, in the county of Essex; after which he attended Trinity Hall, Cambridge.

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Political career

As Social Services secretary in 1986 he implemented the first official drive to educate the British public to the dangers of AIDS. Fowler later resigned this post and became the first politician to cite "to spend more time with his (my) family" as his reasoning. Although it was the truth in Fowler's case, the expression later became a smokescreen for politicans who had quit high-profile roles for slightly more dark or controversial reasons.

In 2003, he proposed that the European Union should appoint a high-level coordinator with ambassadorial rank to deal with the AIDS epidemic[1].

Served as Chairman of the Conservative Party, and oversaw the Boundary Changes in the early 1990s.

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Work in industry

He has been deeply involved in industry, having been on the board of directors of several companies. He is currently Chairman and Non-Executive Director of Aggregate Industries plc[2].

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