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Line 5: \|honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]] \|name = The Lord Pickles \|honorific-suffix = {{Post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%~~\|Kt~~\|PC}} \|image = Eric Pickles Official.jpg \|caption = Official portrait, 2010 Line 79: }} '''Eric Jack Pickles, Baron Pickles''', {{Post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|sep=,~~\|Kt~~\|PC}} (born 20 April 1952) is a British [[Conservative Party (UK)\|Conservative Party]] politician who served as [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)\|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Brentwood and Ongar (UK Parliament constituency)\|Brentwood and Ongar]] from [[1992 United Kingdom general election\|1992]] to [[2017 United Kingdom general election\|2017]]. He served in [[David Cameron]]'s [[Cabinet of the United Kingdom\|Cabinet]] as [[Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government]] from 2010 to 2015.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.itv.com/news/update/2015-05-11/eric-pickles-to-be-replaced-as-communities-secretary \|title=Eric Pickles to be replaced as Communities' Secretary \|website=itv.com \|access-date=12 May 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150515012612/http://www.itv.com/news/update/2015-05-11/eric-pickles-to-be-replaced-as-communities-secretary/ \|archive-date=15 May 2015 \|url-status=live }}</ref> He previously served as [[Chairman of the Conservative Party]] from 2009 to 2010 and was later the United Kingdom Anti-Corruption Champion from 2015 to 2017. Pickles is the [[UK Special Envoy for Post-Holocaust Issues\|UK Special Envoy for Post-Holocaust issues]], being appointed in 2015.<ref name="gov.uk">{{cite web\|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/eric-pickles\|title=The Rt Hon Sir Eric Pickles – GOV.UK\|website=www.gov.uk\|access-date=9 January 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106110523/https://www.gov.uk/government/people/eric-pickles\|archive-date=6 January 2016\|url-status=live}}</ref> He stood down as an MP at the [[2017 United Kingdom general election\|2017 general election]], but has continued in his role as Special Envoy under Prime Ministers [[Theresa May]] and [[Boris Johnson]]. He is currently the chairman of [[Conservative Friends of Israel]] in the [[House of Lords]].<ref>{{cite news\|

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