Jonathan Aitken

Jonathan William Patrick Aitken ( born August 30, 1942 in Dublin ) is a former British politician and member of the Conservative Party. It was in 1974 elected to the British House of Commons, 1992 Secretary of Defense and in 1994 Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Secretary to the Treasury) in the cabinet of John Major.

In 1995, he stepped down from that position back, lost in the 1997 General Election his parliamentary seat and in 1999 he sentenced for perjury and perversion of justice to a 18-month prison sentence, of which he served seven months in prison. Cause of the previous corruption scandal was the television documentary Jonathan of Arabia of investigative journalists David Leigh of 1995.

Jonathan Aitken's father, William Aitken was from 1950 to 1965 also a British House of Commons Member of Parliament. His sister is the actress Maria Aitken Irish. He has four children, including twin daughters and a son, and an illegitimate daughter ( Petrina Khashoggi ) with the wife of arms dealer Khashoggi.

Writings

  • Michael Beloff: A short walk on the campus. Secker & Warburg, London 1966 and Atheneum, New York 1966.
  • Country of fortune: a study of the new Australia. Secker & Warburg, London, 1971. ISBN 043601002X. Respectively. Atheneum, New York 1971.
  • Officially secret. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London 1971. ISBN 0,297,003,739th
  • Nixon, a life. Regnery Publishing, Washington, D.C. and Lanham, MD 1993. ISBN 0,895,264,897th Or. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London 1993.
  • Charles W. Colson: a life redeemed. Water Book Press, New York, 2005. ISBN 0385508115th
  • Porridge and passion. Continuum, London and New York, 2005. ISBN 0826476309th
  • Heroes and contemporaries. Continuum, London and New York 2006 ISBN. 0826478336 or ISBN 0,826,494,412th
  • John Newton: from disgrace to amazing grace. Foreword by Philip Yancey. Continuum, London and New York, 2007. ISBN 9,780,826,493,842th ISBN 082649384X. ISBN 0,826,493,831th Also available as an audio book in CD form at Crossway Audio, Wheaton, IL, 2007. ISBN 9781433501418 or ISBN 1433501414th
  • Prayers for People under pressure. Crossway Books, Wheaton, Ill., 2008. ISBN 9,781,433,501,319th
  • Nazarbayev and the Making of Kazakhstan. Continuum, London and New York, 2009. ISBN 9,781,441,153,814th ISBN 1,441,153,810th
  • Kazakhstan Surprises and Stereotypes After 20 Years of Independence. Continuum Intl Pub Group, New York, NY, 2012. ISBN 9781441116543 or ISBN 1441116540th
United Kingdom general election, 1997 David Leigh (Journalist) Adnan Khashoggi Iain MacMillan Major ministry Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking Kenneth Clarke Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury Michael Forsyth, Baron Forsyth of Drumlean Roger Freeman, Baron Freeman John Gummer William Hague Jeremy Hanley Douglas Hogg Michael Howard Douglas Hurd Norman Lamont Ian Lang, Baron Lang of Monkton Peter Lilley John MacGregor, Baron MacGregor of Pulham Market James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern Brian Mawhinney, Baron Mawhinney Patrick Mayhew, Baron Mayhew of Twysden David Mellor Tony Newton, Baron Newton of Braintree John Patten, Baron Patten Michael Portillo John Redwood Malcolm Rifkind Gillian Shephard Sir George Young, 6th Baronet Alastair Goodlad, Baron Goodlad Integrated Authority File
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