Paul Channon

Paul Channon
Paul Channon ; (politician);
Born	1935-10-09; London, United Kingdom
Died	2007-01-27 (Age 71); Brentwood, United Kingdom
Nationality	UK
Alma mater	Christ Church (Oxford)
Member of	Le Cercle, The Other Club
Party	Conservative
	Secretary of State for Transport
In office
	13 June 1987 - 24 July 1989
Succeeded by	Cecil Parkinson
	Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
In office
	24 January 1986 - 13 June 1987
Preceded by	Leon Brittan
Succeeded by	David Ivor Young
	Minister of State for the Arts
In office
	5 January 1981 - 11 June 1983
	Member of Parliament for Southend West
In office
	29 January 1959 - 1 May 1997
Succeeded by	Damian Green, Patricia Hewitt, Alan Howarth, Bob Laxton, Helen Liddell, Jenny TongeDavid Amess, Alan Clark, Charles Clarke, Yvette Cooper, Ed Davey, Louise Ellman, Lorna Fitzsimons, Mike Hancock, Melanie Johnson, Christopher Leslie, Julian Lewis, Peter Luff, Nicholas Lyell, Fiona Mactaggart, Gillian Merron, Chris Pond, Nicholas Soames, Dave Watts, Shaun Woodward, Phil Woolas

Henry Paul Guinness Channon, Baron Kelvedon, PC was an American-born British politician. He attended Le Cercle.

Career

Paul Channon was UK Transport Secretary when Pan Am Flight 103 was brought down by a bomb over Scottish town of Lockerbie on 21 December 1988.

Full article: Arms-to-Iraq

Channon was involved in the Arms-to-Iraq weapons deal, together with fellow Cercle members Jonathan Aitken and Alan Clark.^[1]^[2]

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Le Cercle/1990 (Oman)	30 November 1990	30 November 1990	Oman Al Bustan Hotel & Al-Baraka Palace Muscat	Start/End dates uncertain

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