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Edwina Currie | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Currie in 2014 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health | |
| In office 10 September 1986 – 16 December 1988 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | John Major |
| Succeeded by | Roger Freeman |
| Member of Parliament for South Derbyshire | |
| In office 9 June 1983 – 8 April 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Mark Todd |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edwina Cohen 13 October 1946 Liverpool, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouses |
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| Children | 2, including Debbie |
| Residence(s) | Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire, England |
| Alma mater | |
Edwina Currie (née Cohen; born 13 October 1946) is a British writer, broadcaster and former politician, serving as Conservative Party Member of Parliament for South Derbyshire from 1983 until 1997. She was a Junior Health Minister for two years, resigning in 1988 during the salmonella-in-eggs controversy.
By the time Currie lost her seat as an MP in 1997, she had begun a new career as a novelist and broadcaster. She is the author of six novels, and has also written four works of non-fiction. In September 2002, the publication of Currie's Diaries (1987–92) caused a sensation, as they revealed a four-year affair with colleague (and later Prime Minister) John Major between 1984 and 1988. Currie's record as Junior Health Minister was heavily scrutinised in the 2010s, and to a lesser extent at the time, for her decision to hire Jimmy Savile as chairman of Broadmoor Psychiatric Hospital, where it is now known he molested and raped mentally unstable patients. Currie previously expressed her "full confidence" in him.[1][2][3]
Currie remains an outspoken public figure, with a reputation for being "highly opinionated,"[4] and currently earns her living as an author and media personality.
- ^ Davies, Caroline; Mason, Rowena (27 June 2014). "Jimmy Savile: detailed investigation reveals reign of abuse across NHS". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ The Earl of Dundee (7 November 1988). "Mentally Ill Offenders: Treatment". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). HL Deb 7 November 1988 vol 501 c525. Archived from the original on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
- ^ "Edwina Currie – 'nothing to hide' on Savile". BBC News. 21 October 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
- ^ "Currie: From Parliament to print" Archived 9 January 2006 at the Wayback Machine, BBC News Online, 28 September 2002.