Owen William Paterson, born June 24, 1956, in Whitchurch, Shropshire, is a British former politician who served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2010 to 2012 under Prime Minister David Cameron before his parliamentary career ended in 2021. He served as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2012 to 2014, during which he cut funding for climate change adaptation by roughly forty percent and questioned the extent of recent warming, and he left the post following criticism of his handling of the summer 2013 floods and the government's badger cull.
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Defining ContributionSecretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 2012 to 2014 1 In the Other Atlases
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Owen William Paterson (born 24 June 1956) is a British former politician who served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2010 to 2012 and Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2012 to 2014 under Prime Minister David Cameron.
lead sentence, nationality
Owen William Paterson (born 24 June 1956) is a British former politician who served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2010 to 2012 and Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2012 to 2014 under Prime Minister David Cameron.
career section, dismissal as Environment Secretary
He was dismissed as Environment Secretary by Prime Minister David Cameron as part of the 2014 Cabinet reshuffle, and was replaced by Liz Truss.
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