Chris Bryant (born 1962)
Born 1962 CE.
Sir Chris John Bryant (born 11 January 1962) is a Welsh politician and former Anglican priest who has served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland since 2026. A member of the Labour Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rhondda and Ogmore, and previously Rhondda, since 2001. Born in Cardiff, Bryant was privately educated at Cheltenham College before studying English at Mansfield College, Oxford. After graduating with a further degree in theology, he served as a Church of England priest until 1991. He worked for Common Purpose from 1994 to 1996 and at the BBC from 1998 to 2001. Bryant was elected to Hackney Borough Council in 1993, representing Leabridge ward and serving until 1998. After his unsuccessful candidacy at the 1997 general election for the Wycombe constituency, Bryant was elected for the Labour safe seat of Rhondda at the 2001 general election. He was reelected at the 2005 general election and called for the resignation of Prime Minister Tony Blair in 2006.
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