Ian Lang

Ian Bruce Lang, Baron Lang of Monkton, PC, (born June 27, 1940) is a Scotland Conservative Party (UK) politician. Educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the Cambridge Footlights, he was MP for Galloway from 1979 to 1997 (renamed Galloway and Upper Nithsdale in 1983), and was a minister for a number of years. He served as a Government whip from 1981 to 1986, Under-Secretary of State for Employment (1986), Under-Secretary of State for Scotland (1986-1987) and Minister of State for Scotland (1987-1990). He joined the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Scotland from 1990 to 1995, and then Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and President of the Board of Trade until 1997. He was closely involved in John Major's re-election campaign as leader of the Conservative Party in July 1995. He lost his seat in the United Kingdom general election, 1997, one of seven Cabinet members to do so (the others being Malcolm Rifkind, Michael Portillo, Michael Forsyth, Roger Freeman, William Waldegrave and Tony Newton). He was made a life peer in September 1997. {| border="2" align="center" |width="30%" align="center"|Preceded by:
Malcolm Rifkind |width="40%" align="center"|Secretary of State for Scotland
1990–1995 |width="30%" align="center"|Followed by:
Michael Forsyth |- |width="30%" align="center"|Preceded by:
Michael Heseltine |width="40%" align="center"|President of the Board of Trade
1995–1997 |width="30%" align="center"|Followed by:
Margaret Beckett |} British Secretaries of State British MPs UK Conservative Party politicians Life peers Members of the Privy Council Cambridge Footlights 1940 births

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