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Alan Johnson

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Also known as: Alan Arthur Johnson
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Alan Arthur Johnson
Born:
May 17, 1950, London, England (age 74)
Political Affiliation:
Labour Party
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Alan Johnson (born May 17, 1950, London, England) is a British Labour Party politician who served as secretary of state for health (2007–09) and home secretary (2009–10) in the cabinet of Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Orphaned at age 12, Johnson was raised by his older sister in a government housing project. He left school at 15 to work as a stock boy at a grocery store. In 1968 he took a job as a postman and became active in the Union of Communication Workers (UCW). Johnson remained an active trade unionist over the following years, and by 1987 he was ...(100 of 695 words)

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