Kim Howells

The Right Honourable
Kim Howells
The Right Honourable Kim Howells
	Official portrait, 2007
Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee
	In office; 3 October 2008 – 11 May 2010
Preceded by	Margaret Beckett
Succeeded by	Malcolm Rifkind
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
	In office; 11 May 2005 – 6 October 2008
Prime Minister	Tony Blair; Gordon Brown
Preceded by	The Baroness Symons
Succeeded by	Bill Rammell
Minister of State for Higher Education
	In office; 10 September 2004 – 11 May 2005
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Alan Johnson
Succeeded by	Bill Rammell
Minister of State for Transport
	In office; 13 June 2003 – 10 September 2004
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	John Spellar
Succeeded by	Tony McNulty
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
	In office; 11 June 2001 – 13 June 2003
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Janet Anderson
Succeeded by	Andrew McIntosh
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
	In office; 28 July 1998 – 11 June 2001
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Nigel Griffiths
Succeeded by	Nigel Griffiths
Member of Parliament ; for Pontypridd
	In office; 23 February 1989 – 12 April 2010
Preceded by	Brynmor John
Succeeded by	Owen Smith
Personal details
Born	27 November 1946; Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
Party	Labour
Spouse	Eirlys Davies
Alma mater	Middlesex University ; University of Warwick ; Anglia Ruskin University
Occupation	Politician

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Kim Scott Howells (born 27 November 1946) is a Welsh Labour Party former politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pontypridd from 1989 to 2010, and held a number of ministerial positions within the Blair and Brown governments.