Paul Channon

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Person.png Paul Channon   PowerbaseRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(politician)
Paul Channon.jpg
Born1935-10-09
London, United Kingdom
Died2007-01-27 (Age 71)
Brentwood, United Kingdom
NationalityUK
Alma materChrist Church (Oxford)
Member ofLe Cercle, The Other Club
PartyConservative
US-born UK politician who attended and was involved in the Arms-to-Iraq deal together with fellow Cercle members Jonathan Aitken and Alan Clark.

Employment.png Secretary of State for Transport Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
13 June 1987 - 24 July 1989
Succeeded byCecil Parkinson

Employment.png Secretary of State for Trade and Industry link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Business, _Energy_and_Industrial_Strategy

In office
24 January 1986 - 13 June 1987
Preceded byLeon Brittan
Succeeded byDavid Ivor Young

Employment.png Minister of State for the Arts

In office
5 January 1981 - 11 June 1983

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.

Arms-to-Iraq

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 Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Le Cercle/1990 (Oman)30 November 199030 November 1990Oman
Al Bustan Hotel & Al-Baraka Palace
Muscat
Start/End dates uncertain
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