Malcolm Rifkind

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Person.png Malcolm Rifkind   WebsiteRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(politician)
Born1946/06/21
NationalityBritish
ReligionJew
Member ofBanned from Russia 2015, Conservative Friends of Israel, Ditchley/Governors, Ditchley/UK, European Leadership Network, Global Panel Foundation/Supervisory Board, Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament, Königswinter/Speakers, Nuclear Threat Initiative, Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies/Fellows
British Conservative politician

Sir Malcolm Leslie Rifkind, KCMG, QC, MP (born 21 June 1946) is a British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament for Kensington. He served in various roles as a cabinet minister under Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major, including Secretary of State for Scotland (1986–1990), Defence Secretary (1992–1995) and Foreign Secretary (1995–1997).

Rifkind was born in Edinburgh to a Jewish family that emigrated to Britain in the 1890s from Lithuania


 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/198625 April 198627 April 1986Scotland
Gleneagles Hotel
The 34th Bilderberg, 109 participants
Bilderberg/199630 May 19962 June 1996Canada
Toronto
The 44th Bilderberg, held in Canada
Munich Security Conference/20131 February 20133 February 2013Germany
Munich
Bavaria
The 49th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/201431 January 20142 February 2014Germany
Munich
Bavaria
The 50th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/20156 February 20158 February 2015Germany
Munich
Bavaria
"400 high-ranking decision-makers in international politics, including some 20 heads of state and government as well as more than 60 foreign and defence ministers, met in Munich to discuss current crises and conflicts."
Munich Security Conference/201612 February 201614 February 2016Germany
Munich
Bavaria
The 52nd Munich Security Conference

 

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