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Iain Duncan Smith

イアン・ダンカン・スミス　/　いあん・だんかん・すみす

Politician from United Kingdom

April 9, 1954 (age 72)　・　Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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My Take

Iain Duncan Smith is a name I associate with the harder, more consequential side of British politics. Leading the Conservative Party and the Opposition from 2001 to 2003 is a brief, bruising chapter, but his longer run as Work and Pensions Secretary from 2010 to 2016 is where I think his real mark sits, welfare reform being genuinely divisive. The 2020 knighthood and his long MP tenure for Chingford and Woodford Green since 1992 show staying power. Whatever one makes of his politics, I read him as a conviction figure rather than a weathervane, and that consistency is rare.

Overview

Sir George Iain Duncan Smith (born 9 April 1954), often referred to by his initials IDS, is a British politician who was Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition from 2001 to 2003. He was Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from 2010 to 2016. He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Chingford and Woodford Green, formerly Chingford, since 1992. The son of W. G. G.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Iain Duncan Smith
Name (Japanese): イアン・ダンカン・スミス
Reading: いあん・だんかん・すみす
Born: April 9, 1954 (age 72)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aries / Horse
Origin: Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: politician

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

2020 Knight Bachelor

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Official sitehttps://www.iainduncansmith.org.uk/
Xhttps://x.com/MPIainDS
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AB%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B9

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