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    Sir Malcolm Leslie Rifkind KCMG KC (born 21 June 1946) is a British politician who served in the cabinets of Margaret Thatcher and John Major from 1986...
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  • 1977 in Edinburgh, the son of the Conservative Party politician Sir Malcolm Rifkind and his wife Edith, daughter of Polish airforce engineer Joseph Steinberg...
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  • writer for The Times, son of Malcolm Malcolm Rifkind (born 1946), British Conservative MP and government minister Richard Rifkind (1930–2019), American cancer...
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    believes the Constitution "plainly is no more". 8 June 2005 – Sir Malcolm Rifkind states that it is "quite likely" he will stand for the leadership....
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    office 5 July 1995 – 2 May 1997 Prime Minister John Major Preceded by Malcolm Rifkind Succeeded by George Robertson Secretary of State for Employment In...
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    frontline politics after 11 years in the Cabinet and was replaced by Malcolm Rifkind. After his retirement as foreign secretary, Hurd remained a key supporter...
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    Conservatives lost many ministers such as Michael Portillo, Tony Newton, Malcolm Rifkind, Ian Lang and William Waldegrave and controversial MPs such as Neil...
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  • Hurd succeeded Leon Brittan as Home Secretary. early January 1986 – Malcolm Rifkind succeeded George Younger as Secretary of State for Scotland. Younger...
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    accurately reported what was said by these two members [the other was Sir Malcolm Rifkind] in their interviews and measured their words against the rules of...
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    and David Cameron. He was one of only five ministers (Tony Newton, Malcolm Rifkind, Patrick Mayhew and Lynda Chalker are the others) to serve throughout...
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