Andrew Robathan
Andrew Robathan was a Conservative Party member of parliament (MP) and Northern Ireland Office Minister. He stepped down as an MP in April 2015.
Robathan was appointed to the House of Lords as a Conservative Party peer in October 2015. [1]
Robathan is chairman of Gamekeeper PR, a public relations firm focused on arts and culture according to his entry on the Lords' Register of Interests. [2]
Background
Robathan was born in 1951 and educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood, and Oriel College, Oxford.[3]
He served in the Coldstream Guards from 1974 to 1989 before leaving to pursue a career in politics. He served throughout the world and attended the Army Staff College, Camberley.[3] He commanded an SAS troop for two years.[4]
Robathan volunteered to rejoin the army, January - April 1991, and served as Chief of Staff of the Prisoner of War Guard Force in Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Kuwait.[3]
Political career
Robathan was a councillor in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham from 1990 to 1992.[5]
He was MP for Blaby 1992-2010 and became MP for South Leicestershire in the May 2010 general election.[5]
Robathan has served as PPS to Iain Sproat as Minister of State, Department of National Heritage 1995-97; Shadow Minister for: Trade and Industry 2002-03, International Development 2003, Defence 2004-05; Opposition Deputy Chief Whip 2005-10; Ministry of Defence: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans) 2010-12, Minister of State for the Armed Forces from 2012.[5]
In October 2013, he was appointed as a minister of state at the Northern Ireland Office.[6]
He left the government in July 2014[7] and stood down in the 2015 general election.
In February 2016, Robathan was appointed as a member of the Trade Union Political Funds and Political Party Funding Select Committee. [8]
Notes
- ↑ Lord Robathan profile, parliament.uk, accessed 9 February 2016
- ↑ Accessed 21 march 2018
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Minister of State for the Armed Forces, Ministry of Defence, accessed 15 October 2012.
- ↑ EX-SAS man gets MoD job, The Sun, 15 May 2010.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Rt Hon Andrew Robathan, parliament.uk, accessed 15 October 2012.
- ↑ Ministerial appointments: 7 October 2013, Prime Minister's Office, 7 October 2013.
- ↑ Reshuffle at-a-glance: In, out and moved about, BBC News, 15 July 2014.
- ↑ Dods, 'Arrivals, moves, departures', Civil Service World, 2 February 2016, accessed 5 February 2016
