The Right Honourable Dominic Grieve QC MP
Attorney General for England and Wales Advocate General for Northern Ireland
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 May 2010
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	The Baroness Scotland of Asthal
Shadow Secretary of State for Justice Shadow Lord Chancellor
In office 19 January 2009 – 11 May 2010
Leader	David Cameron
Preceded by	Nick Herbert
Succeeded by	Jack Straw
Shadow Home Secretary
In office 12 June 2008 – 19 January 2009
Leader	David Cameron
Preceded by	David Davis
Succeeded by	Chris Grayling
Shadow Attorney General
In office 6 November 2003 – 7 September 2009
Leader	Michael Howard David Cameron
Preceded by	Bill Cash
Succeeded by	Edward Garnier
Member of Parliament for Beaconsfield
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 May 1997
Preceded by	Tim Smith
Majority	21,782 (41.5%)
Personal details
Born	(1956-05-24) 24 May 1956 (age 56) Lambeth, London, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Caroline Hutton
Children	2
Alma mater	Magdalen College, Oxford Polytechnic of Central London Middle Temple
Religion	Church of England
Website	www.dominicgrieve.org.uk

Dominic Charles Roberts Grieve, QC MP (born 24 May 1956)^[1] is a British Conservative politician, barrister and Queen's Counsel.^[2]

He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Beaconsfield and the Attorney General for England and Wales and the Advocate General for Northern Ireland.

Early life[link]

Grieve was born in Lambeth, the son of Percy Grieve QC (the MP for Solihull 1964–83) and of an Anglo-French mother, Evelyn Raymonde Louise Mijouain.^[3] He was educated at the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle on Cromwell Road in South Kensington, Colet Court preparatory school in Barnes, Westminster School,^[2] and Magdalen College, Oxford,^[2] where he received a BA degree in Modern History^[2] in 1978. He was the President of the Oxford University Conservative Association in 1977.

He continued his studies at the Polytechnic of Central London (now the University of Westminster), where he received a Diploma in Law^[2] in 1979.

Legal Career[link]

He was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple in 1980^[4] and is a specialist in Occupational safety and health law. He was made a Bencher of the Middle Temple in 2005 and appointed a Queen's Counsel in 2008.

Political Career[link]

Local Council[link]

He was elected as a councillor in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in 1982, remaining a councillor until 1986.^[2] He contested the Norwood constituency in the London Borough of Lambeth at the 1987 general election^[2] but finished in second place some 4,723 votes behind the veteran Labour MP John Fraser (although increasing the Conservative vote).

Member of Parliament[link]

Grieve speaking in the House of Commons

He was elected to the House of Commons for the Buckinghamshire seat of Beaconsfield at the 1997 general election^[2] following the retirement of Tim Smith. Grieve was elected with a majority of 13,987 votes and has remained the MP there since, increasing his majority at each successive election. He made his maiden speech on 21 May 1997.^[5]

He was a member of both the Environmental Audit and the Statutory Instruments select committees from 1997 to 1999.^[6] William Hague promoted him to the frontbench in 1999 when he became a spokesman on Scottish affairs, moving to speak on home affairs as the spokesman on criminal justice following the election of Iain Duncan Smith as the new leader of the Conservative Party in 2001, and was then promoted to be shadow Attorney General by Michael Howard in 2003.^[2] He also had responsibility for community cohesion on behalf of the Conservative Party. He was retained as shadow Attorney General by the new Conservative Leader, David Cameron and was appointed Shadow Home Secretary on 12 June 2008 following the resignation of David Davis.^[7]

Grieve was instrumental in the defeat of the Labour government in early 2006 in relation to the proposal that the Home Secretary should have power to detain suspected terrorists for periods up to 90 days without charge. He broadcasts in French on French radio and television.^[8] He is not, however, an enthusiast for the EU.

Grieve was criticised for investments in Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe.^[9] Grieve has generally voted against gay rights in Parliament, although he did support civil partnerships.

In the last Conservative Shadow Cabinet reshuffle before the General Election of 2010, carried out on 19 January 2009, Grieve was moved to become Shadow Justice Secretary, opposite Jack Straw. According to the BBC, Grieve was said to be "very happy with the move" which would suit his talents better.^[10]

After the 2010 general election, Grieve was appointed as the new Attorney General.

Appointment to Privy Council[link]

On 28 May 2010 he was appointed to the Privy Counsel as part of the 2010 Dissolusion of Parliament Honours List.^[11][12]

Personal life[link]

He was a police station lay visitor^[6] for six years from 1990 and worked in Brixton on various bodies set up to reconcile the different communities after the riots.

He is a practising Anglican and was a member of the London Diocesan Synod of the Church of England^[6] for six years from 1994. He married fellow barrister, Caroline Hutton^[6] in October 1990 in the City of London and they have two teenage sons.^[13]

He lists his hobbies as "canoeing, boating on the Thames at weekends, mountain climbing, skiing and fell walking, architecture, art and travel".^[6]

Grieve's wealth is estimated at £3.1 million.^[14][15]

Styles[link]

• Mr Dominic Grieve (1956–97)
• Mr Dominic Grieve MP (1997–2008)
• Mr Dominic Grieve QC MP (2008–2010)
• The Rt Hon. Dominic Grieve QC MP (2010 - )

References[link]

External links[link]

• Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP official constituency website
• Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
• Contributions in Parliament at Hansard 1803–2005
• Current session contributions in Parliament at Hansard
• Electoral history and profile at The Guardian
• Voting record at PublicWhip.org
• Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou.com
• Profile at Westminster Parliamentary Record
• Profile at BBC News Democracy Live
• Articles authored at Journalisted

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Gen. Joginder Jaswant Singh
Born	1945 Bahawalpur (Undivided India)
Allegiance	India
Service/branch	Indian Army
Years of service	Jan 1961 - 30 Sept 2007
Rank	General

General Joginder Jaswant Singh (born 17 September 1945) was the first Sikh chief of army staff of India. He served as chief of army staff from January 31, 2005, to September 30, 2007.

He was named 22nd chief of army staff on November 27, 2004, and took over the role when his predecessor, General N C Vij, retired on 31 January 2005. He was succeeded by General Deepak Kapoor. He is the first Sikh to have led the Indian Army and the 11th chief of army staff from the Western Command based at Chandigarh. His selection was not a surprise, as at the time of his appointment he was the most senior officer in the army after General Vij.

Following his retirement, he became governor of the state of Arunachal Pradesh in January 2008.

He is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy and was commissioned into the 9 Maratha Light Infantry on 2 August 1964.

Biography[link]

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General Joginder Jaswant Singh assumed command of the Indian Army, as the 22nd chief of army staff, on 31 January 2005 commanding an army of over a million soldiers. He is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy and was commissioned into the 9 Maratha Light Infantry on 2 August 1964. He received the colour of the battalion from the late president Dr. Zakir Hussain at the Investiture Parade in 1968.

He is a third-generation soldier. Born on 17 September 1945 in Bahawalpur (now in Pakistan), his family migrated to India (Patiala, Punjab) after partition in 1947. His grandfather served in the 1/67 Punjab Regiment during the First World War in Mesopotamia and Kut-al-Amara, both in present day Iraq, along with the 103rd, 105th, 110th, 114th and 117th Mahrattas. These five battalions subsequently joined the Maratha Light Infantry, the same regiment General Singh was commissioned into 50 years later. His father, Lt Col Jaswant Singh Marwah, served in the Electrical & Mechanical Engineers from 1943 to 1973 and is also a veteran of the Second World War.

During his tenure with the 7th and 9th Maratha LI and also while on higher command and staff appointments, General Singh has served in Jammu & Kashmir, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, and Joshimath in Uttranchal. He was awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal during his command tenure with the 9 Maratha Light Infantry in Arunachal Pradesh. He later commanded the 5th Maratha LI at Hyderabad in the rank of colonel. A consistent front-runner, he was the youngest and one of the first in his batch to attend Staff College, Senior Command, Higher Command and National Defence College courses. He has contributed articles to regimental and other professional journals and his thesis on "Sino-Indian Border Dispute" and "Strategy to Boost Defence Exports" have been highly acclaimed. He has the honour of being India's first defence attaché to Algeria (1987–1990).

After returning from Algeria, General Singh commanded the 79th (Independent) Mountain Brigade in the Baramula Sector, Jammu & Kashmir, during the peak of insurgency there in 1991–92. During this tenure, he was gravely wounded in action leading from the front, in a fierce engagement with terrorists infiltrating across the Line of Control (LoC). For that operation he received the War Wound Medal and was awarded the Chief of Army Staff's Commendation. He was nominated to attend the prestigious National Defence College (NDC) course in 1993. He was posted as Deputy Director General Operational Logistics in Army HQ after the NDC Course and later commanded the 9th Infantry Division from 1996 to 1998.

General Singh was then selected for a key appointment as the Additional Director General Military Operations (ADGMO) at Army HQ, Military Operations Directorate. During his tenure as ADGMO, he contributed positively to evolving India's policy on the Sino-Indian border issue and visited Beijing as part of the Joint Working Group. He was also part of the Ministry of Defence team for talks with Pakistan on the Siachen and Sir Creek issue in 1998. He also visited Sierra Leone with the defence minister, where an Indian contingent carried out successful operations as part of the UN Mission. As the ADGMO, he became the Indian Army's public face during the 1999 Kargil conflict. He was decorated with the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal in recognition of his services in the planning and execution of the war.

General Singh assumed command of the elite 1 "Strike"' Corps at Mathura. He successfully coordinated the corps-level exercise Poorna Vijay in May 2001 in the deserts of Rajasthan. He subsequently led 1 Corps during Operation Parakram, the military standoff against Pakistan, from December 2001 to December 2002. He was then appointed of the Army Training Command in January 2003, where he was credited with drafting a new doctrine for the Indian Army. He was instrumental in giving the Command a distinctly discernible and widely appreciated thrust towards modernisation. After his stint at ARTRAC, he stated, "Every assignment has its own importance, but the one at ARTRAC, the think-tank of the Army, has been quite different as it plays a crucial role in preparing the Army for future challenges in a constantly changing battlefield milieu. The responsibility involved development of new concepts and doctrines at the strategic and operational levels for the emerging security environment, besides framing of the training policy and providing training support to the Army in all its facets." He was awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM) on 26 January 2004 for his distinguished services of the highest order.

General Singh took over as the general officer commanding-in-chief Western Command on 1 February 2004, and his tenure at this elite command provided an opportunity to put into practice the concepts and doctrines evolved at ARTRAC. He refined operational planning by co-opting the battle-winning role of Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) and provided focused direction based on the recently released "Doctrine for the Indian Army", having earlier been its architect. He simultaneously gave training a visionary direction in conjunction with principles of synergetic cohesiveness at all levels. His tenure at Western Command also saw a quantum leap in the implementation of the Ex-servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS). He was also appointed as honorary aide-de-camp (ADC) to the president of India on 1 February 2004.

On assuming the office of chief of army staff on 1 February 2005, General Singh stated in a message, "We stand poised at a critical juncture in the timeline of history. Having left behind us the vagaries of the past, we purposefully stride towards economic growth, social harmony, peace and prosperity. Simultaneously and seamlessly, we are also making the transition to a highly motivated and modern Army, driven by the engines of high technology and Revolution in Military Affairs. I assure our countrymen that the Army will remain at the service of the nation, at all times, ready and eager to take on any challenge with determination and resolve to emerge victorious." He is widely considered to be a thinking soldier and is a through professional.

Affectionately known as "General JJ" within army circles, he was appointed Colonel of the Maratha Light Infantry on 10 October 2001. He is an ace shooter and plays basketball, squash, and golf. He is also a keen mountaineer who has trained under the late Tenzing Norgay at the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Darjeeling.

He is married to Mrs Anupam Singh and they have a son and a daughter. Singh and his wife both belong to the Marwah clan, though neither uses the name as their surname.

He is fluent in Arabic and French, the widely spoken languages in Algeria.

See also[link]

• Lt Col Jaswant Singh Marwah

External links[link]

• "J J Singh to take over as Army chief" – Times of India article dated November 28, 2004
• Gen (retd) JJ Singh sworn as Arunachal Pradesh governor
• Biography of General J.J. Singh
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