Robin Cook

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British politician Labour Party politician human

Robin Cook is a British Labour Party politician who served as Foreign Secretary from 1997 to 2001 and was known for his principled resignation over the Iraq War.

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Robin Cook canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician ⓘ
Labour Party politician ⓘ
human ⓘ
appointedBy Tony Blair ⓘ
birthCountry Scotland ⓘ
birthDate 1946-02-28 ⓘ
birthPlace Bellshill ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfResignation 2003-03-17 ⓘ
deathDate 2005-08-06 ⓘ
educatedAt High School of Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: Royal High School, Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh ⓘ
endTime 2001-06-08 (as Foreign Secretary) ⓘ
familyName Cook ⓘ
fullName Robert Finlayson Cook ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Robert ⓘ
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable ⓘ
ideology social democracy ⓘ
knownFor ethical foreign policy ⓘ
resignation over the Iraq War ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
surface form: Labour Party
notableWork The Point of Departure ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
politician ⓘ
parliamentaryGroup Parliamentary Labour Party ⓘ
placeOfDeath Ben Stack ⓘ
Sutherland ⓘ
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 Board of Trade ⓘ
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs ⓘ
surface form: Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

Secretary of State for Trade and Industry ⓘ
Shadow Foreign Secretary ⓘ
reasonForResignation opposition to the 2003 invasion of Iraq ⓘ
religion Presbyterianism ⓘ
representedDistrict Edinburgh Central ⓘ
Livingston ⓘ
servedInGovernmentOf First Blair ministry ⓘ
Second Blair ministry ⓘ
spouse Gaynor Regan ⓘ
Margaret Whitmore ⓘ
startTime 1997-05-02 (as Foreign Secretary) ⓘ

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Cook → hasNotableBearer → Robin Cook ⓘ
First Blair ministry → foreignSecretary → Robin Cook ⓘ
The Point of Departure → author → Robin Cook ⓘ
The Point of Departure → mainSubject → Robin Cook ⓘ
Gaynor Regan → spouse → Robin Cook ⓘ
Gaynor Regan → partner → Robin Cook ⓘ
Gaynor Regan → employer → Robin Cook ⓘ
Gaynor Regan → relative → Robin Cook ⓘ