Robert Finlayson Cook

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Robert Finlayson "Robin" Cook was a prominent British Labour politician who served as Foreign Secretary and became widely known for his principled resignation over the 2003 Iraq War.

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instanceOf British politician
Labour Party politician
human
causeOfDeath heart attack
myocardial infarction
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom
surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
dateOfBirth 1946-02-28
dateOfDeath 2005-08-06
educatedAt Old Royal High School
surface form: Royal High School, Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh
endTime served as Foreign Secretary until 2001
served as Leader of the House of Commons until 2003
familyName Cook
fieldOfWork politics
givenName Robert
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
ideology social democracy
languageSpoken English
memberOf Labour Party (UK)
surface form: Labour Party

Privy Council
surface form: Privy Council of the United Kingdom
middleName Finlayson
nickname Robin
notableFor resignation from the UK Cabinet over the 2003 invasion of Iraq
notableWork advocacy of an ethical foreign policy for the United Kingdom
opposedTo 2003 invasion of Iraq
parliamentaryGroup Labour Party
placeOfBirth Bellshill
Lanarkshire NERFINISHED
Scotland
placeOfDeath Inverness
Scotland
positionHeld Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
surface form: Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom

Leader of the House of Commons
Lord President of the Council
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
President of the Party of European Socialists
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
surface form: Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
religion Presbyterian
surface form: Presbyterianism
representedInParliament Edinburgh Central
Livingston
residence Scotland
spouse Gaynor Regan
Margaret Whitmore NERFINISHED
startTime served as Foreign Secretary from 1997
served as Leader of the House of Commons from 2001
votedAgainst UK government policy on the Iraq War in 2003

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Robin Cook fullName Robert Finlayson Cook