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Douglas Alexander

British politician (born 1967)
Person human Q259106

Facts

25 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
October 26, 1967
Place of birth
Glasgow
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[4]
Occupation
politician
Position held
Shadow Foreign Secretary, Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, Secretary of State for International Development, Secretary of State for Scotland, Secretary of State for Transport, Minister of State for Europe, Minister of State for Trade, Minister for the Cabinet Office, Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, member of the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 54th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 53rd Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 52nd Parliament of the United Kingdom, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, member of the 59th Parliament of the United Kingdom, Secretary of State for Scotland, Minister of State at the Cabinet Office[5][6][7]
Educated at
University of Edinburgh, Park Mains High School, Pearson College UWC, University of Edinburgh School of Law[8][9][10][11]
Religion or worldview
Church of Scotland[12]
Member of political party
Scottish Labour Party, Labour Party[14][15]
Sibling
Wendy Alexander[28]
Official website
www.douglasalexander.labour.co.uk[20]
Work location
London[21]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[24]
Affiliation string
The Rise Fund[34]
Birth name
Douglas Garven Alexander[25]
Candidacy in election
2010 United Kingdom general election, 2005 United Kingdom general election, 2001 United Kingdom general election, 1997 Paisley South by-election, 2024 United Kingdom general election[29][30][31][32][33]
Described by source
Lentapedia[22]
Family name
Alexander (surname)[17]
Given name
Douglas, Garven[18][19]
Honorific prefix
The Right Honourable[16]
Name in native language
Douglas Alexander[26]
Number of children
+2[27]
P14536
462351[35]
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Participant in
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2018[23]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 35
ISNI
0000000038284388
VIAF cluster ID
38718678
Library of Congress authority ID
n2001033073
GND ID
1068498099
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Douglas Alexander at the India Economic Summit 2008.jpg ↗
BBC News Democracy Live ID
25705
BBC Things ID
d7c0325a-c087-4bfe-9064-dd4530fb20f4
Companies House officer ID
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Democracy Club candidate ID
1814
Freebase ID
/m/025gfk
Full Fact ID
1893
Gazetteer for Scotland person ID
3395
Show all 35 identifiers +23
Gov.uk person ID
douglas-alexander
Hansard (1803–2005) ID
mr-douglas-alexander
Hansard (2006–March 2016) ID
3629
IdRef ID
130638161
JRC Names ID
2937
Journalisted ID
douglas-alexander
LittleSis people ID
54024
NLP ID
a0000003576380
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810538033605606
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
mp73035
Notable Names Database ID
856/000141433
OpenSanctions ID
Douglas Alexander
Parliament.uk member ID
632
Plex person key
5e165409cd0850003b77b78a
PublicWhip ID
Douglas_Alexander
Rush Parliamentary Archive ID
60
The Guardian topic ID
politics/douglasalexander
TheyWorkForYou ID
10661
UK Parliament ID
PlwVEpAi
UK Parliament thesaurus ID
298817
Who's Who UK ID
U5212
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJj8X4fC9rVGFWtv6pPxXd
X (Twitter) username
D_G_Alexander

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🔗 Connections
Candidacy in election 4
2024 United Kingdom general election, 2010 United Kingdom general election, 2005 United Kingdom general election, 2001 United Kingdom general election
Position held 4
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Secretary of State for Scotland, Secretary of State for Scotland, Secretary of State for Transport
Educated at 2
University of Edinburgh, Pearson College UWC
Member of political party 2
Labour Party, Scottish Labour Party
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Given name 1
Douglas
Honorific prefix 1
The Right Honourable
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Occupation 1
politician
OpenSanctions ID 1
Douglas Alexander
Place of birth 1
Glasgow
Religion or worldview 1
Church of Scotland
Sex or gender 1
male
Sibling 1
Wendy Alexander
Siblings 1
Wendy Alexander
Work location 1
London
← OpenSanctions ID 1
Douglas Alexander
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Summary

Douglas Alexander was born on October 26, 1967[1], in Glasgow[2]. He has worked as a politician[3].

FAQs

Where was Douglas Alexander born?

Douglas Alexander was born in Glasgow[2].

What did Douglas Alexander do for work?

Douglas Alexander worked as a politician[3].

Where did Douglas Alexander go to school?

Douglas Alexander was educated at University of Edinburgh[8], Park Mains High School[9], Pearson College UWC[10], and University of Edinburgh School of Law[11].

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Position held Scottish Secretary high0.9110 independent sources

evidence “Douglas Alexander, the Scottish Secretary, said:” glasgowtimes.co.uk · read source

Related Entities

London United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Who's Who. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . candidates.democracyclub.org.uk. candidates.democracyclub.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . gov.uk. Retrieved . gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . workwithdata.com. Retrieved . workwithdata.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . Who's Who. Retrieved . workwithdata.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . Davos 2018 Participant List. wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . UK House of Commons Election Results at Constituency Level. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . UK House of Commons Election Results at Constituency Level. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . UK House of Commons Election Results at Constituency Level. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . Democracy Club. wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . Davos 2018 Participant List. wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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