Bill Rammell

Bill Rammell
Rammell in 2008
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire
In office
August 2012 – December 2019
ChancellorThe Baroness Howells of St Davids
John Bercow
Preceded byLes Ebdon
Succeeded byRebecca Bunting
Minister of State for the Armed Forces
In office
8 June 2009 – 11 May 2010
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byBob Ainsworth
Succeeded byNick Harvey
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
In office
5 October 2008 – 8 June 2009
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byKim Howells
Succeeded byIvan Lewis
Minister of State for Higher Education
In office
11 May 2005 – 5 October 2008
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Gordon Brown
Preceded byKim Howells
Succeeded byDavid Lammy
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
In office
28 October 2002 – 10 May 2005
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byDenis MacShane
Succeeded byThe Lord Triesman
Member of Parliament
for Harlow
In office
1 May 1997 – 12 April 2010
Preceded byJerry Hayes
Succeeded byRobert Halfon
Personal details
Born (1959-10-10) 10 October 1959 (age 65)
London, England
Political partyLabour
Alma materCardiff University

William Ernest Rammell (born 10 October 1959) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Harlow from 1997 until 2010, and served as a Minister of State in several departments from 2002. From August 2012 to December 2019 he was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire.[1] He was chair of the university consortium MillionPlus from June to December 2019.[2][3] In August 2021 he became president of the University of Kurdistan Hewler in Iraqi Kurdistan.[4][5]

  1. ^ "University of Bedfordshire Vice-Chancellor announces departure | University of Bedfordshire". www.beds.ac.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  2. ^ "MillionPlus: Bedfordshire Vice-Chancellor Bill Rammell elected Chair of MillionPlus". www.millionplus.ac.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  3. ^ "MillionPlus: MillionPlus elects new Chair". www.millionplus.ac.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Appointment of Mr. Bill Rammell as UKH President". www.ukh.edu.krd. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Former British minister appointed as new president of university in Erbil". www.rudaw.net. Archived from the original on 12 July 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2022.