Editing Michael Fallon (section)

{{short description|British politician (born 1952)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[The Right Honourable]]
| name                = Sir Michael Fallon
| honorific-suffix    = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCB}}
| image               = Official portrait of Sir Michael Fallon crop 2.jpg
| office              = [[Secretary of State for Defence]]
| term_start          = 15 July 2014
| term_end            = 1 November 2017
| predecessor         = [[Philip Hammond]]
| primeminister       = [[David Cameron]]<br />[[Theresa May]]
| successor           = [[Gavin Williamson]]
| office1             = [[Minister for Portsmouth]]
| predecessor1        = ''Office established''
| primeminister1      = [[David Cameron]]
| successor1          = [[Matt Hancock]]
| term_start1         = 16 January 2014
| term_end1           = 15 July 2014
| office2             = [[Minister of State for Energy]]<!--No need to edit the wikilink, per [[WP:NOTBROKEN]]-->
| predecessor2        = [[John Hayes (British politician)|John Hayes]]
| primeminister2      = [[David Cameron]]
| successor2          = [[Matt Hancock]]
| term_start2         = 28 March 2013
| term_end2           = 15 July 2014
| office3             = [[Department for Business, Innovation and Skills|Minister of State for Business and Enterprise]]
| primeminister3      = [[David Cameron]]
| term_start3         = 4 September 2012
| term_end3           = 15 July 2014
| predecessor3        = [[Mark Prisk]]
| successor3          = [[Matt Hancock]]
| office4             = [[Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party]]
| leader4             = [[David Cameron]]
| term_start4         = 4 September 2010
| term_end4           = 4 September 2012
| predecessor4        = [[The Lord Ashcroft]]
| successor4          = [[Sarah Newton]]
| office5             = [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State]] [[Department of Education and Science (UK)|for Education]]
| primeminister5      = [[Margaret Thatcher]]<br />[[John Major]]
| term_start5         = 24 July 1990
| term_end5           = 14 April 1992
| predecessor5        = [[Robert Jackson (Wantage MP)|Robert Jackson]]
| successor5          = [[Eric Forth]]
| office6             = [[Lord Commissioner of the Treasury]]
| term_start6         = 10 May 1990
| term_end6           = 22 July 1990
| primeminister6      = [[Margaret Thatcher]]
| predecessor6        = [[Stephen Dorrell]]
| successor6          = [[Greg Knight]]
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| office7 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]]<br />for [[Sevenoaks (UK Parliament constituency)|Sevenoaks]]
| term_start7 = 1 May 1997
| term_end7 = 6 November 2019
| predecessor7 = [[Mark Wolfson]]
| successor7 = [[Laura Trott (politician)|Laura Trott]]
| office8 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]]<br />for [[Darlington (UK Parliament constituency)|Darlington]]
| term_start8 = 9 June 1983
| term_end8 = 16 March 1992
| predecessor8 = [[Ossie O'Brien]]
| successor8 = [[Alan Milburn]]
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}}
| birth_name          = Michael Cathel Fallon
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1952|5|14|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Perth, Scotland|Perth]], [[Perthshire]], Scotland
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| party               = 
| residence           = [[Sundridge, Kent|Sundridge]], [[Kent]], England 
[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| spouse              = {{marriage|Wendy Elisabeth Payne|27 September 1986}}
| children            = 2
| education           = [[Epsom College]]
| alma_mater          = [[University of St Andrews]]
| caption             = Official portrait, 2017
}}
'''Sir Michael Cathel Fallon''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCB}} (born 14 May 1952) is a British politician who served as [[Secretary of State for Defence]] from 2014 to 2017. A member of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]], he served as [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Sevenoaks (UK Parliament constituency)|Sevenoaks]] from 1997 to 2019, having previously served as MP for [[Darlington (UK Parliament constituency)|Darlington]] from 1983 to 1992.

Fallon attended the independent [[Epsom College]] and read [[Classics]] and [[Ancient History]] at the [[University of St Andrews]]. After university he joined the [[Conservative Research Department]]. Elected for Darlington at the [[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983 general election]], he was appointed [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State]] at the [[Department for Education and Science]] in 1990. He lost his seat as MP for Darlington at the [[1992 United Kingdom general election|1992 general election]].

Fallon re-entered Parliament at the [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 general election]] as MP for Sevenoaks. He served as [[Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party]] from 2010 to 2012, [[Minister of State for Business and Enterprise]] from 2012 to 2014, [[Minister of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change]] from 2013 to 2014 and [[Minister for Portsmouth]] in 2014. In the [[2014 British cabinet reshuffle|2014 cabinet reshuffle]] he was promoted to Secretary of State for Defence. He resigned from the post after being implicated in the [[2017 Westminster sexual misconduct allegations]].