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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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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	1997-05-02 (as Foreign Secretary) ⓘ

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