Jonathan Aitken.
Conservative Member of Parliament, former British government Cabinet minister (born 1942)
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About Jonathan Aitken
Jonathan William Patrick Aitken is a British author, Church of England priest and former Conservative Party politician. Beginning his career in journalism, he was elected to Parliament in 1974, and was a member of the cabinet during John Major's premiership from 1994 to 1995. In April 1995, he was accused by The Guardian of misdeeds conducted under his official government capacity. He sued the newspaper for libel in response, but the case collapsed, and he was subsequently found to have committed perjury during his trial. In 1999, he was sentenced to 18 months in prison, of which he served seven months.
Everything about Jonathan Aitken →- Occupation
- politician, journalist
- Position held
- Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Minister of State for Defence Procurement, member of the 51st Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 50th Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Born
- August 30, 1942
- Website
- http://www.jonathanaitken.org/