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Iain Duncan Smith

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Iain Duncan Smith 1954-, British politician, leader (2001-3) of the Conservative party , b. Edinburgh. Educated at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, he served in the Scots Guards from 1975 to 1981, leaving the army for a series of business positions, mainly in the defense industry and publishing. Also in 1981 he joined the Conservative party, and in 1987 he ran unsuccessfully for Parliament. After winning a seat in 1992, he became noted as a Euroskeptic and Thatcherite conservative. He held shadow cabinet posts from 1997 to 2001, when he was elected to succeed William Hague as Tory... Read more

Duncan Smith, Iain
Duncan Smith, Iain (b. April 1954). Leader of the Conservative Party (UK), 2001–2003 Educated at Sandhurst, he became an officer in the army...Conservatives, he became leader in 2001 because of the party's aversion to the two front-runners, Michael Portillo and Kenneth Clarke. Duncan ... Read more

Smith, Iain Duncan
Smith, Iain Duncan (1954) British politician, leader of the Conservative Party (2001–2003). Smith was elected as Conservative Member of Parliament...1999–2001) under William Hague . Smith faced the difficult task of unifying and... Read more

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