Author: TonyGosling
Subject: Govt ISC chair Malcolm Rifkind in pay of EU arms industry
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 6:40 pm (GMT 0)
Sir Malcolm Rifkind
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Sir Malcolm Rifkin is Chairman of L.E.K.’s European Advisory Board. He is a Member of Parliament for Kensington, has practiced law as an Advocate and was appointed to the Queen’s Counsel in 1985. In 1979 Sir Malcolm was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, transferred to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and was promoted to Minister of State in 1983. He became a member of the Cabinet in 1986 as Secretary of State for Scotland and has also served as: Secretary of State for Transport; Secretary of State for Defense; Foreign Secretary; Shadow Secretary of State for Work & Pensions and Welfare Reform; Chairman, Standards & Privileges Committee; Chairman, Intelligence and Security Committee; and UK representative, Eminent Persons Group. Sir Malcolm is a member of the Fullerton Trust, a Vice President of Combat Stress and a Patron of Raleigh International. He has served on the Court of Edinburgh University and is an honorary colonel. He is also a member of the Queen's Bodyguard, the Royal Company of Archers.
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