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[[Paul Boateng]] is a former cabinet minister, and served as British High Commissioner in South Africa from 2005 to 2009.<ref name="Times">Jonathan Oliver, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6908050.ece Lobbying row as ex-minister Paul Boateng lands defence firm job], ''The Times'', 8 November 2009.</ref>
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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.<ref name="Times">Jonathan Oliver, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6908050.ece Lobbying row as ex-minister Paul Boateng lands defence firm job], ''The Times'', 8 November 2009.</ref>
  
 
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 joined the board of private security company [[Aegis Defence Services]] in October 2009.<ref name="Times"/>
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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].
  
==External Resources==
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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>
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==External resources==
 
*[http://www.iraqinquiry.org.uk/transcripts/oralevidence-bydate/100714.aspx#pm Oral Evidence], Iraq Inquiry, 14 July 2010.
 
*[http://www.iraqinquiry.org.uk/transcripts/oralevidence-bydate/100714.aspx#pm Oral Evidence], Iraq Inquiry, 14 July 2010.
 
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==

Revision as of 02:00, 10 February 2014

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].

Boateng joined the House of Lords in June 2010. [2]

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. Lord Boateng, acc 10 February 2014