Robin Cook

Official portrait, 2000 Robert Finlayson "Robin" Cook (28 February 19466 August 2005) was a British Labour Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1974 until his death in 2005 and served in the Cabinet as Foreign Secretary from 1997 until 2001 when he was replaced by Jack Straw. He then served as Leader of the House of Commons from 2001 until 2003.

Cook studied at the University of Edinburgh before being elected as the Member of Parliament for Edinburgh Central in 1974; he switched to the Livingston constituency in 1983. In Parliament, he was known for his debating ability and rapidly rose through the political ranks and ultimately into the Cabinet. As Foreign Secretary, he oversaw British interventions in Kosovo and Sierra Leone.

Cook resigned from his positions as Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons on 17 March 2003 in protest against the invasion of Iraq. At the time of his death, he was President of the Foreign Policy Centre and a Vice-President of the America All Party Parliamentary Group and the Global Security and Non-Proliferation All Party Parliamentary Group. Provided by Wikipedia
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    by Cook, Robin
    Published 1980
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    by Cook, Robin
    Published 1977
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    by Cook, Robin
    Published 1983
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    by Cook, Robin
    Published 1984
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    by Cook, Robin
    Published 1990
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    by Cook, Robin
    Published 1987
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    by Cook, Robin
    Published 1986
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    by Cook, Robin
    Published 1998
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    by Cook, Robin
    Published 2006
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    by Cook, Robin
    Published 1993
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    by Cook, Robin
    Published 1989
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    by Cook, Robin
    Published 1998
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    by Cook, Robin
    Published 2006
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    by Cook, Robin
    Published 2001
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    by Cook, Robin
    Published 2006
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    by Cook, Robin
    Published 2001
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    by Cook, Robin
    Published 2001
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    by Cook, Robin
    Published 2006
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    by Cook,Robin
    Published 2009
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    by Cook,Robin
    Published 1998
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