deputy predecessor successor religion birth_place party office primeminister birth_date term_start spouse image article_title term_end name alma_mater
phil woolas nigel griffiths ruth hain george robertson frank haynes kelly jacqui smith douglas alexander joyce quin peter the jack straw john reid gloria de piero lord adonis nick brown jim murphy keith vaz anglicanism derby , derbyshire , england , united kingdom labour secretary secretary to the treasury minister for europe leader of the of house of commons lord privy seal secretary of state for state defence minister of state for foreign & commonwealth affairs member for of parliament for ashfield transport government chief whip parliamentary gordon blair tony blair tony blair brown gordon brown tony blair tony blair tony 6 december 1953 3 28 july 1999 6 may 2005 11 october 1999 may october 1999 10 april 1992 2008 28 june 2007 5 may 2006 elaine dumelow geoff hoon headshot.jpg geoff hoon
 5 11 october 1999 5 may 2006 6 may 2005 11 june october 1999 12 april 2010 2009 3 october 2008 27 june 2007 geoff hoon jesus college , cambridge
geoff hoon

geoffrey william hoon -lrb- born 6 december 1953 -rrb- is a british politician who served as the member of parliament -lrb- mp -rrb- for ashfield from 1992 to 2010 .
he is a former defence secretary , transport secretary , leader of the house of commons and government chief whip .
