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Robathan was appointed to the [[House of Lords]] as a [[Conservative Party]] peer in October 2015. <ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-robathan/334 Lord Robathan profile], ''parliament.uk'', accessed 9 February 2016</ref> | Robathan was appointed to the [[House of Lords]] as a [[Conservative Party]] peer in October 2015. <ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-robathan/334 Lord Robathan profile], ''parliament.uk'', accessed 9 February 2016</ref> | ||
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| + | 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. <ref> Accessed 21 march 2018 <?ref> | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
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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]].<ref name="MODbio">[http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/AboutDefence/People/Ministers/MinisterOfStateForTheArmedForces.htm Minister of State for the Armed Forces], Ministry of Defence, accessed 15 October 2012.</ref> He commanded an [[SAS]] troop for two years.<ref>[http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/election2010/2974206/Ex-SAS-man-Andrew-Robathan-gets-MoD-job.html EX-SAS man gets MoD job], ''The Sun'', 15 May 2010.</ref> | 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]].<ref name="MODbio">[http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/AboutDefence/People/Ministers/MinisterOfStateForTheArmedForces.htm Minister of State for the Armed Forces], Ministry of Defence, accessed 15 October 2012.</ref> He commanded an [[SAS]] troop for two years.<ref>[http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/election2010/2974206/Ex-SAS-man-Andrew-Robathan-gets-MoD-job.html EX-SAS man gets MoD job], ''The Sun'', 15 May 2010.</ref> | ||
| − | Robathan volunteered to rejoin the | + | 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.<ref name="MODbio">[http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/AboutDefence/People/Ministers/MinisterOfStateForTheArmedForces.htm Minister of State for the Armed Forces], Ministry of Defence, accessed 15 October 2012.</ref> |
==Political career== | ==Political career== | ||
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Robathan was a councillor in the [[London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham]] from 1990 to 1992.<ref name="ParliamentBio">[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/andrew-robathan/25346 Rt Hon Andrew Robathan], parliament.uk, accessed 15 October 2012.</ref> | Robathan was a councillor in the [[London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham]] from 1990 to 1992.<ref name="ParliamentBio">[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/andrew-robathan/25346 Rt Hon Andrew Robathan], parliament.uk, accessed 15 October 2012.</ref> | ||
| − | He was MP for Blaby 1992-2010 | + | He was MP for Blaby 1992-2010 and became MP for South Leicestershire in the May 2010 general election.<ref name="ParliamentBio">[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/andrew-robathan/25346 Rt Hon Andrew Robathan], parliament.uk, accessed 15 October 2012.</ref> |
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.<ref name="ParliamentBio">[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/andrew-robathan/25346 Rt Hon Andrew Robathan], parliament.uk, accessed 15 October 2012.</ref> | 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.<ref name="ParliamentBio">[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/andrew-robathan/25346 Rt Hon Andrew Robathan], parliament.uk, accessed 15 October 2012.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 03:20, 21 March 2018
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. Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
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.[2] He commanded an SAS troop for two years.[3]
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.[2]
Political career
Robathan was a councillor in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham from 1990 to 1992.[4]
He was MP for Blaby 1992-2010 and became MP for South Leicestershire in the May 2010 general election.[4]
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.[4]
In October 2013, he was appointed as a minister of state at the Northern Ireland Office.[5]
He left the government in July 2014[6] 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. [7]
Notes
- ↑ Lord Robathan profile, parliament.uk, accessed 9 February 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 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
