Chris Mullin (politician)
Chris Mullin | |
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Mullin in 2009 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | |
| In office 13 June 2003 – 10 May 2005 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Mike O'Brien |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Triesman |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development | |
| In office 26 January 2001 – 11 June 2001 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | George Foulkes |
| Succeeded by | Hilary Benn |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions | |
| In office 29 July 1999 – 25 January 2001 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Alan Meale |
| Succeeded by | Bob Ainsworth |
| Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee | |
| In office 18 July 2001 – 15 July 2003 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Robin Corbett |
| Succeeded by | John Denham |
| In office 17 July 1997 – 18 October 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Ivan Lawrence |
| Succeeded by | Robin Corbett |
| Member of Parliament for Sunderland South | |
| In office 12 June 1987 – 12 April 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Gordon Bagier |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 December 1947 Chelmsford, Essex, England |
| Party | Labour |
| Spouse | Ngoc Mullin |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Hull |
| Occupation | Politician and author |
| Profession | Journalist |
| Website | chrismullinexmp |
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Christopher John Mullin (born 12 December 1947) is a British journalist, author and Labour politician.
As a journalist in the 1980s, Chris Mullin led a campaign that resulted in the release of the Birmingham Six, victims of a miscarriage of justice. In March 2022, a court case settled that Mullin would not need to release any notes relating to who may have planted the two bombs. Mullin is the author of four novels, including A Very British Coup (1982), which was later adapted for television, and its sequel The Friends of Harry Perkins. Mullin is also a celebrated diarist.
Mullin was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sunderland South from 1987 until 2010. In Parliament, he served as Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee and as a Minister in the Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and in the Department for International Development.