Background
Browne, Des was born on March 22, 1952. Son of Peter and Maureen Browne.
Browne, Des was born on March 22, 1952. Son of Peter and Maureen Browne.
Graduate, Glasgow University.
Solicitor Ross Harper and Murphy, 1976, assistant solicitor, 1976—1980, partner, 1980—1985, McClusky Browne, 1985—1992. Secretary Scottish Labour Party Working Party on Prison Systems, 1988—1990. Member of Parliament House Commons from Kilmarnock and Loudon, since 1997, honorary secretary Labour Party departmental committee for social security, 1997—2001, member Northern Ireland affairs select committee, 1997—1998, parliamentary private secretary to Donald Dewar as Secretary of State for Scotland, 1998—1999, member public administration select committee, 1999—2000, parliamentary private secretary to Adam Ingram as Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office, 2000, parliamentary under-secretary of state Northern Ireland Office, 2001—2003, member joint committee human rights, 2001.
Minister of state Department Work and Pensions, 2003—2004, Home Office (Citizenship, Immigration and Nationality), 2004—2005. Chief secretary to the treasury United Kingdom, 2005—2006, secretary of state for defense, chairman defense council, 2006—2008.