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Duncan Smith, Iain, 1954–, British politician, leader (2001–3) of the Conservative party Conservative party, British political party, formally the Conservative and Unionist party and a continuation of the historic Tory party.

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..... Click the link for more information. , b. Edinburgh. Educated at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, he served in the Scots Guards from 1975 to 1981, leaving the army for a series of business positions, mainly in the defense industry and publishing. Also in 1981 he joined the Conservative party, and in 1987 he ran unsuccessfully for Parliament. After winning a seat in 1992, he became noted as a Euroskeptic and Thatcherite conservative. He held shadow cabinet posts from 1997 to 2001, when he was elected to succeed William Hague Hague, William Jefferson (hāg), 1961–, British politician, leader (1997–2001) of the Conservative party , b.
..... Click the link for more information. as Tory party leader. Duncan Smith had served just two years in the post when he was ousted and was replaced by Michael Howard Howard, Michael, 1941–, British politician, leader of the Conservative party (2003–5), b. Llanelli, Wales, as Michael Hecht. The son of immigrants (his father changed the family name after becoming a British subject in 1947), he was educated at Cambridge
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