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As High Commissioner, Boateng was involved in making representations to the South African government about its proposed legislation preventing South Africans from joining foreign military forces.<ref name="Times"/>
 
As High Commissioner, Boateng was involved in making representations to the South African government about its proposed legislation preventing South Africans from joining foreign military forces.<ref name="Times"/>
  
He sat on the board of private security company [[Aegis Defence Services]] from October 2009<ref name="Times"/> until [date tbc]. His appointed was approved by [[ACOBA]] "subject to the conditions that, for six months from his last day in post, he should not return to South Africa for business purposes, give advice on it, or have dealings with companies there, and, for 12 months from that same date, he should not be personally involved in lobbying UK Ministers or Crown servants, including Special Advisers, on behalf of his new employer or the Private Military and Security sector as a whole."<ref> [http://acoba.independent.gov.uk/media/20565/acobaeleventhreport2009-2010.pdf Eleventh Report 2009-2010] ''Advisory Committee on Business Appointments'', accessed 27 November 2014 </ref>
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He sat on the board of private security company [[Aegis Defence Services]] from October 2009<ref name="Times"/> until [date tbc]. His appointment was approved by [[ACOBA]] "subject to the conditions that, for six months from his last day in post, he should not return to South Africa for business purposes, give advice on it, or have dealings with companies there, and, for 12 months from that same date, he should not be personally involved in lobbying UK Ministers or Crown servants, including Special Advisers, on behalf of his new employer or the Private Military and Security sector as a whole."<ref> [http://acoba.independent.gov.uk/media/20565/acobaeleventhreport2009-2010.pdf Eleventh Report 2009-2010] ''Advisory Committee on Business Appointments'', accessed 27 November 2014 </ref>
  
 
Boateng joined the [[House of Lords]] in June 2010. <ref> [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-boateng/147 Lord Boateng], acc 10 February 2014 </ref>
 
Boateng joined the [[House of Lords]] in June 2010. <ref> [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-boateng/147 Lord Boateng], acc 10 February 2014 </ref>

Revision as of 12:03, 18 December 2014

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Lord Paul Boateng is a former Labour cabinet minister, and served as British High Commissioner in South Africa from 2005 to 2009.[1]

As High Commissioner, Boateng was involved in making representations to the South African government about its proposed legislation preventing South Africans from joining foreign military forces.[1]

He sat on the board of private security company Aegis Defence Services from October 2009[1] until [date tbc]. His appointment was approved by ACOBA "subject to the conditions that, for six months from his last day in post, he should not return to South Africa for business purposes, give advice on it, or have dealings with companies there, and, for 12 months from that same date, he should not be personally involved in lobbying UK Ministers or Crown servants, including Special Advisers, on behalf of his new employer or the Private Military and Security sector as a whole."[2]

Boateng joined the House of Lords in June 2010. [3]

Affiliations

Remunerated interests as at February 2014:

External resources

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Jonathan Oliver, Lobbying row as ex-minister Paul Boateng lands defence firm job, The Times, 8 November 2009.
  2. Eleventh Report 2009-2010 Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, accessed 27 November 2014
  3. Lord Boateng, acc 10 February 2014
  4. Twelfth Report 2010-2011 Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, accessed 8 December 2014
  5. House of Lords Wall Street Journal, accessed 18 December 2014