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George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen

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British politician (born 1946)

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George Islay MacNeill Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen is a British politician who served as the 10th secretary general of NATO from 1999 to 2003. A member of the Labour Party, he previously served as Secretary of State for Defence from 1997 to 1999 and Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland from 1993 to 1997.

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Robertson with U.S. Secretary of Defense William Cohen at the Pentagon on 3 June 1998Robertson with U.S. Secretary of Defense William Cohen at the Pentagon on 3 June 1998Robertson with U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld at the Pentagon on 8 March 2001Robertson with U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld at the Pentagon on 8 March 2001Robertson, Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi and Russian president Vladimir Putin at the Russia-NATO Summit at Pratica di Mare Air Base in Italy on 28 May 2002Robertson, Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi and Russian president Vladimir Putin at the Russia-NATO Summit at Pratica di Mare Air Base in Italy on 28 May 2002Robertson with U.S. president George W. Bush on 12 November 2003Robertson with U.S. president George W. Bush on 12 November 2003

Awards 18

2019Medal for Distinguished Contribution to Diplomacy
2005Decoration for Exceptional Merits
2003Presidential Medal of Freedom
2003Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
2003Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
Order of the Three Stars, 1st Class
Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Romania
Order of the Thistle
Grand Order of King Petar Krešimir IV
Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class
Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau
Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
honorary doctor of Baku State University

Connected to George 6

Traian BăsescuAlso won honorary doctor of Baku State UniversityAlfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and GothaAlso won Order of the ThistleJavier SolanaAlso won Medal for Distinguished Contribution to DiplomacyÓlafur Ragnar GrímssonAlso won Decoration for Exceptional MeritsFranz VranitzkyAlso won Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-NassauEdward Rydz-ŚmigłyAlso won Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Romania

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George Islay MacNeill Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen is a British politician who served as the 10th secretary general of NATO from 1999 to 2003. A member of the Labour Party, he previously served as Secretary of State for Defence from 1997 to 1999 and Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland from 1993 to 1997. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Hamilton South from 1978 to 1999 and was appointed to the House of Lords as a life peer in 2000. He currently serves as Chancellor of the University of Dundee.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Politicians
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Politician
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living
Dates
Born 1946 · age 80
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