| Leon Brittan Born: 25-Sep-1939
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 21-Jan-2015
Location of death: London, England
Cause of death: Cancer - unspecified
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician Nationality: England
Executive summary: UK Home Secretary, 1983-85 Father: Joseph Brittan
Mother: Rebecca Lipetz
Wife: Diana Peterson (m. 1980)
High School: Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School
University: Trinity College, Cambridge University
University: Yale University (as a Henry Fellow)
Administrator: Chancellor, University of Teesside (1993-2005)
UBS Warburg Vice Chairman (2000-14)
EU Commissioner for External Affairs (1995-99)
EU Commissioner Vice-President (1995-99)
EU Commissioner for Competition (1989-93)
EU Commissioner (1989-99)
UK Minister Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1985-86)
UK Home Secretary (1983-85)
UK Member of Parliament for Richmond, Yorkshire (1983-88)
UK Chief Secretary to the Treasury (1981-83)
UK Minister Minister of State, Home Office (1979-81)
UK Member of Parliament for Cleveland and Whitby (1974-83)
Conservative Party (UK)
Trilateral Commission
Knighthood 1989
Life Peerage 9-Feb-2000 as Baron Brittan of Spennithorne
Author of books:
Defense and Arms Control in a Changing Era (1988, nonfiction)
Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lectures (1990, lectures)
European Competition Policy (1992, nonfiction)
The Europe We Need (1994, nonfiction)
Globalisation versus Sovereignty (1997, nonfiction)
A Diet of Brussels (2000, nonfiction)
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