Michael Fallon

The Right Honourable Sir
Michael Fallon
KCB
The Right Honourable Sir Michael Fallon KCB
	Official portrait, 2017
Secretary of State for Defence
	In office; 15 July 2014 – 1 November 2017
Prime Minister	David Cameron; Theresa May
Preceded by	Philip Hammond
Succeeded by	Gavin Williamson
Minister for Portsmouth
	In office; 16 January 2014 – 15 July 2014
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Matt Hancock
Minister of State for Energy
	In office; 28 March 2013 – 15 July 2014
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	John Hayes
Succeeded by	Matt Hancock
Minister of State for Business and Enterprise
	In office; 4 September 2012 – 15 July 2014
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Mark Prisk
Succeeded by	Matt Hancock
Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party
	In office; 4 September 2010 – 4 September 2012
Leader	David Cameron
Preceded by	The Lord Ashcroft
Succeeded by	Sarah Newton
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education
	In office; 24 July 1990 – 14 April 1992
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher; John Major
Preceded by	Robert Jackson
Succeeded by	Eric Forth
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
	In office; 10 May 1990 – 22 July 1990
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Stephen Dorrell
Succeeded by	Greg Knight
Preceded by
Parliamentary offices
Member of Parliament; for Sevenoaks
	In office; 1 May 1997 – 6 November 2019
Preceded by	Mark Wolfson
Succeeded by	Laura Trott
Member of Parliament; for Darlington
	In office; 9 June 1983 – 16 March 1992
Preceded by	Ossie O'Brien
Succeeded by	Alan Milburn
Personal details
Born	Michael Cathel Fallon; 14 May 1952 (age 71); Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Wendy Elisabeth Payne (m. 1986)
Children	2
Education	Epsom College
Alma mater	University of St Andrews

Sir Michael Cathel Fallon 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, he served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Sevenoaks from 1997 to 2019, having previously served as MP for 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 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 general election.

Fallon re-entered Parliament at the 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 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.