Michael Cathel Fallon

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MICHAEL FALLON
MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR SEVENOAKS

MP for Sevenoaks since 1997, Michael Fallon was appointed Minister of State for Business in September 2012 and Minister of State for Energy in March 2013, having previously been Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party since September 2010. In July 2014, he was appointed Secretary of State for Defence.

Michael is married with two sons, and lives in Sundridge, Kent. Graduating from St Andrews University (MA Honours), he began his political career as MP for Darlington from 1983 to 1992.

He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Rt.Hon. Cecil Parkinson, Secretary of State for Energy from 1987 to 1988, before becoming a Government Whip. In 1990 he joined Margaret Thatcher's Government as the Schools Minister and continued to serve under John Major. Between 1992 and 1997 he developed his business career as a director of three companies founded by Dragons' Den star Duncan Bannatyne. Returning to Parliament in 1997, he served as a shadow Treasury Minister under William Hague before joining the Treasury Select Committee, serving as deputy chairman from 2001 until 2010.