Lord Robertson of Port Ellen

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George Islay MacNeill Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, KT, GCMG, PC (born 12 April 1946, in Port Ellen, Isle of Islay, Scotland, Great Britain) was the Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, between October 1999 and early January 2004; he succeeded Javier Solana for that position. He was six times elected to the United Kingdom House of Commons, was Chairman of the Labour Party in Scotland, and was appointed to the Privy Council. He served as Defence Secretary for the United Kingdom from 1997-1999, before taking up his NATO position. He has received numerous honours. James VII ordained the modern Order. ... On the Orders insignia, St Michael is often depicted subduing Satan. ... A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a nation, especially in a monarchy. ... April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Port Ellen is a small town in Argyll, Scotland. ... Islay shown within Argyll Islay (from the Gaelic Ìle - pronounced EYE-lah) is a Scottish island, the southernmost of the Inner Hebrides. ... Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country in northwest Europe and a constituent nation of the United Kingdom. ... For the National Association of Theatre Owners, please see National Association of Theatre Owners. ... October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Javier Solana Dr Francisco Javier Solana Madariaga (born July 14, 1942 in Madrid, Spain) is the High Representative of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and the Secretary-General of both the Council of the European Union (EU) and the Western European Union (WEU). ... The House of Commons is a component of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also includes the Sovereign and the House of Lords. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a nation, especially in a monarchy. ... The flag of NATO NATO 2002 Summit The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), sometimes called North Atlantic Alliance, Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for defence collaboration established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, D.C., on April 4, 1949. ...

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Career

• 1968–1978 Official of the GMB Union for the Scottish whisky industry.
• 1978–1999 Member of the United Kingdom House of Commons, member for Hamilton or Hamilton South, elected six times.
• 1979 Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Social Services.
• 1979–? Opposition Spokesman on Scottish Affairs.
•  ?–? Opposition Spokesman on Defence.
• 1982–1993 Opposition Spokesman on Foreign Affairs.
• 1983–? Chief Opposition Spokesman on Europe.
• 1993–1997 Principal Opposition Spokesman on Scotland.
• May 1997 Appointed to the Privy Council
• 1997–October 1999 Defence Secretary of the United Kingdom
• August 1999 selected as 10th Secretary General of NATO and Chairman of the North Atlantic Council, taking office in October 1999.

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Other former or present posts

• Chairman of the Labour Party in Scotland
• Vice-chairman of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy
• Vice-Chairman of the British Council for nine years
• Vice-Chairman of the Britain/Russia Centre
• Member of the Council of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) seven years, now President
• Governor of the Ditchley Foundation
• Trustee of the 21st Century Trust

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Awards

• November 30, 2004, Knight of the Order of the Thistle
• August 24, 1999, created a life peer as Baron Robertson of Port Ellen.
• 2003, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
• 1991, Grand Cross of the German Order of Merit
• 2000, Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Romania
• September 8, 2003 Ridder Grootkruis in de Orde van Oranje Nassau (Knight Great Cross in the Order of Orange Nassau).
• 1993, joint Parliamentarian of the Year for his role in the Maastricht Treaty ratification
• Honorary Regimental Colonel of the London Scottish (Volunteers)
• Honorary Doctorate from the University of Dundee
• Honorary Doctorate from the University of Bradford
• Honorary Doctorate from Cranfield University (Royal Military College of Science)
• Honorary Doctorate from the Baku State University, Azerbaijan
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA)
• Elder Brother of Trinity House.
• Presidential Medal of Freedom (United States), received November 12, 2003

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Reference

• NATO Secretary General The Rt. Hon. Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, NATO, updated January 22, 2003, [1]

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