Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury

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  1. ↑ As Secretary of State for National Heritage from May to July 1997.

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  2. 1 2 "Former minister is HIV positive". BBC News Online . 30 January 2005. Retrieved 28 September 2008.
  3. 1 2 Why this is the time to break my HIV silence [ dead link ], Chris Smith writing in The Sunday Times , 30 January 2005
  4. 1 2 , Environment Agency. "Rt Hon Lord Smith of Finsbury, Chairman." Retrieved 2 August 2013.
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The Right Honourable
The Lord Smith of Finsbury
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Official portrait, 2020
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport [lower-alpha 1]
In office
2 May 1997 –8 June 2001		 Environment
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament
for Islington South and Finsbury
1983–2005 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment
1992–1994		Succeeded by
Preceded by Shadow Secretary of State for National Heritage
1994–1995		Succeeded by
Preceded by Shadow Secretary of State for Social Security
1995–1997		Succeeded by
Preceded byas Secretary of State for National Heritage Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
1997–2001		Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Chair of the Fabian Society
1997–1998		Succeeded by
Government offices
Preceded by Chair of the Environment Agency
2008–2014		Succeeded by
Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded by Gentlemen
Baron Smith of Finsbury		Followed by
Academic offices
Preceded by Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge
2015–present		Incumbent
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