The Lord Joseph | |||||||||||||||||
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Secretary of State for Education and Science | |||||||||||||||||
In office 11 September 1981 – 21 May 1986 | |||||||||||||||||
Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher | ||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Mark Carlisle | ||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Kenneth Baker | ||||||||||||||||
Secretary of State for Industry | |||||||||||||||||
In office 4 May 1979 – 11 September 1981 | |||||||||||||||||
Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher | ||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Eric Varley | ||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Patrick Jenkin | ||||||||||||||||
Secretary of State for Social Services | |||||||||||||||||
In office 20 June 1970 – 4 March 1974 | |||||||||||||||||
Prime Minister | Edward Heath | ||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Richard Crossman | ||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Barbara Castle | ||||||||||||||||
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Born | Keith Sinjohn Joseph[1] 17 January 1918 London, England | ||||||||||||||||
Died | 10 December 1994 London, England | (aged 76)||||||||||||||||
Political party | Conservative | ||||||||||||||||
Spouses | Hellen Guggenheimer
(m. 1951; div. 1985)Yolanda Castro Sheriff
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Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford | ||||||||||||||||
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Rank | Captain | ||||||||||||||||
Unit | Royal Artillery | ||||||||||||||||
Battles/wars | World War II | ||||||||||||||||
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Keith Sinjohn Joseph, Baron Joseph, Bt, CH, PC (17 January 1918 – 10 December 1994), known as Sir Keith Joseph, 2nd Baronet, for most of his political life, was a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as a minister under four prime ministers: Harold Macmillan, Alec Douglas-Home, Edward Heath, and Margaret Thatcher. He was a key influence in the creation of what came to be known as Thatcherism.[2]
Joseph introduced the concept of the social market economy into Britain, an economic and social system inspired by Christian democracy.[3] He also co-founded the Centre for Policy Studies writing its first publication: Why Britain needs a Social Market Economy.[4]