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[[Des Browne]] is a former Labour Chief Secretary to the Treasury (May 2005 - May 2006), Secretary of State for Defence (May 2006 - Oct 2008), and Scottish Secretary (Jun 2007 - Oct 2008).<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/person/666/des-browne Des Browne: Electoral history and profile], guardian.co.uk, accessed 28 May 2010.</ref>
 
[[Des Browne]] is a former Labour Chief Secretary to the Treasury (May 2005 - May 2006), Secretary of State for Defence (May 2006 - Oct 2008), and Scottish Secretary (Jun 2007 - Oct 2008).<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/person/666/des-browne Des Browne: Electoral history and profile], guardian.co.uk, accessed 28 May 2010.</ref>
  
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Browne was awarded a peerage in the dissolution honours list on 28 May 2010.<ref>[http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/latest-news/2010/05/peerages-honours-and-appointments-51162 Peerages, honours and appointments], number10.gov.uk, 28 May 2010.</ref>
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==Government minister==
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After the [[2001 United Kingdom general election|2001 general election]] Browne entered [[Tony Blair]]'s government as the [[Parliamentary Under Secretary of State]] at the [[Northern Ireland Office]]. He was promoted to Minister of State at the [[Department for Work and Pensions]] in 2003, before moving to the [[Home Office]] in 2004 as the minister with responsibility for [[immigration]]. He joined the Cabinet following the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005 general election]] as the [[Chief Secretary to the Treasury]], and became a [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|Member of the Privy Council]].
  
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Browne was appointed [[Secretary of State for Defence]] on 5 May 2006.
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An advocate of the [[UK Trident programme]], in 2007 he successfully persuaded Parliament to vote to replace Trident nuclear missiles.
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He came under criticism after allowing the [[2007 Iranian seizure of Royal Navy personnel|Royal Navy personnel captured by Iran in spring 2007]] to sell and publish their stories.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20090327002951/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4977660.stm </ref> Under Tony Blair's premiership, Browne was considered a supporter of the [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] [[Gordon Brown]].<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/guardianpolitics/story/0,3605,1184117,00.html |</ref> He received the additional responsibilities of [[Secretary of State for Scotland]] in June 2007 after Brown became Prime Minister.
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==Activities after leaving government==
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Browne is vice chairman of the Washington, DC-based [[Nuclear Threat Initiative]], a non-profit, nonpartisan organization founded in 2001 by former U.S. Senator [[Sam Nunn]], who serves as co-chair and CEO, and [[CNN]] founder and [[philanthropist]] [[Ted Turner]]. NTI's stated mission is to strengthen global security by reducing the risk of use and preventing the spread of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons.
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Browne is convener of the [[European Leadership Network for Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament and Non-proliferation]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20110726042056/http://www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org/des-browne_67.html</ref> and he is also convenor of the [[Top Level Group|Top Level Group of UK Parliamentarians for Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament and Non-proliferation]], established in October 2009.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20090630013226/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/08/nuclear-disarmament-cross-party-group</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20101203074650/http://www.basicint.org/publications/des-browne/2010/nuclear-policy-paper-no3</ref>
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He is a signatory of [[Global Zero (campaign)|Global Zero]], a non-profit international initiative for the elimination of all nuclear weapons worldwide.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20110513205939/http://www.globalzero.org/files/pdf/NYT_Jun29_09_AP_Syndicated.pdf </ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20110728005425/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7774584.stm </ref>
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Browne was awarded a peerage in the dissolution honours list on 28 May 2010.<ref>[http://www.number10.gov.uhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Des_Brownehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Des_Brownehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Des_Brownek/news/latest-news/2010/05/peerages-honours-and-appointments-51162 Peerages, honours and appointments], number10.gov.uk, 28 May 2010.</ref>
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===Controversy over appointment as envoy to Sri Lanka===
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In February 2009, Browne was appointed by PM Brown as the government's [[special envoy]] to [[Sri Lanka]]. However, the government of [[Mahinda Rajapaksa]], fighting the [[LTTE]] rebel group, rejected Browne's appointment, stating that the British government made the appointment unilaterally, without consultation with the Sri Lankan government.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20090213214657/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7887853.stm </ref>
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Latest revision as of 07:24, 22 February 2021

Person.png Des Browne   PowerbaseRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(politician)
Official portrait of Lord Browne of Ladyton crop 2, 2019.jpg
Born1952-03-22
Kilwinning, Scotland
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow
ReligionRoman Catholicism
Member ofEuropean Leadership Network, Nuclear Threat Initiative
PartyLabour
Bought nuclear missiles as UK Secretary of State for Defence, campaigns for nuclear disarmament after leaving power.

Employment.png Secretary of State for Scotland Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
28 June 2007 - 3 October 2008
Succeeded byJim Murphy

Employment.png Secretary of State for Defence

In office
5 May 2006 - 3 October 2008
Preceded byJohn Reid
Succeeded byJohn Hutton

Employment.png Chief Secretary to the Treasury Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
6 May 2005 - 5 May 2006
Preceded byPaul Boateng
Succeeded byStephen Timms

Des Browne is a former Labour Chief Secretary to the Treasury (May 2005 - May 2006), Secretary of State for Defence (May 2006 - Oct 2008), and Scottish Secretary (Jun 2007 - Oct 2008).[1]

Government minister

After the 2001 general election Browne entered Tony Blair's government as the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Northern Ireland Office. He was promoted to Minister of State at the Department for Work and Pensions in 2003, before moving to the Home Office in 2004 as the minister with responsibility for immigration. He joined the Cabinet following the 2005 general election as the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, and became a Member of the Privy Council.

Browne was appointed Secretary of State for Defence on 5 May 2006.

An advocate of the UK Trident programme, in 2007 he successfully persuaded Parliament to vote to replace Trident nuclear missiles.

He came under criticism after allowing the Royal Navy personnel captured by Iran in spring 2007 to sell and publish their stories.[2] Under Tony Blair's premiership, Browne was considered a supporter of the Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown.[3] He received the additional responsibilities of Secretary of State for Scotland in June 2007 after Brown became Prime Minister.

Activities after leaving government

Browne is vice chairman of the Washington, DC-based Nuclear Threat Initiative, a non-profit, nonpartisan organization founded in 2001 by former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn, who serves as co-chair and CEO, and CNN founder and philanthropist Ted Turner. NTI's stated mission is to strengthen global security by reducing the risk of use and preventing the spread of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons.

Browne is convener of the European Leadership Network for Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament and Non-proliferation.[4] and he is also convenor of the Top Level Group of UK Parliamentarians for Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament and Non-proliferation, established in October 2009.[5][6]

He is a signatory of Global Zero, a non-profit international initiative for the elimination of all nuclear weapons worldwide.[7][8]

Browne was awarded a peerage in the dissolution honours list on 28 May 2010.[9]

Controversy over appointment as envoy to Sri Lanka

In February 2009, Browne was appointed by PM Brown as the government's special envoy to Sri Lanka. However, the government of Mahinda Rajapaksa, fighting the LTTE rebel group, rejected Browne's appointment, stating that the British government made the appointment unilaterally, without consultation with the Sri Lankan government.[10]


 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Munich Security Conference/20114 February 20116 February 2011Germany
Munich
Bavaria		The 47th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/20123 February 20125 February 2012Germany
Munich
Bavaria		The 48th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/20131 February 20133 February 2013Germany
Munich
Bavaria		The 49th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/201431 January 20142 February 2014Germany
Munich
Bavaria		The 50th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/20156 February 20158 February 2015Germany
Munich
Bavaria		"400 high-ranking decision-makers in international politics, including some 20 heads of state and government as well as more than 60 foreign and defence ministers, met in Munich to discuss current crises and conflicts."
Munich Security Conference/201612 February 201614 February 2016Germany
Munich
Bavaria		The 52nd Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/201717 February 201719 February 2017Germany
Munich
Bavaria		The 53rd Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/201812 February 201814 February 2018Germany
Munich
Bavaria		The 54th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/201915 February 201917 February 2019Germany
Munich
Bavaria		The 55th Munich Security Conference, which included "A Spreading Plague" aimed at "identifying gaps and making recommendations to improve the global system for responding to deliberate, high consequence biological events."
Munich Security Conference/202014 February 202016 February 2020Germany
Munich
Bavaria		The 56th Munich Security Conference, in 2020, "welcomed an unprecedented number of high-ranking international decision-makers."
Munich Security Conference/202218 February 202220 February 2022Germany
Munich
Bavaria		Slightly less than 1/3 of the 664 of the participants have pages here
Munich Security Conference/202317 February 202319 February 2023Germany
Munich
Bavaria		Annual conference of mid-level functionaries from the military-industrial complex - politicians, propagandists and lobbyists. The real decisions are made by deep politicians behind the scenes, elsewhere.
Munich Security Conference/202416 February 202418 February 2024Germany
Munich
Bavaria		Annual conference of mid-level functionaries from the military-industrial complex - politicians, propagandists and lobbyists - in their own bubble, far from the concerns of their subjects
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References

  1. ↑ Des Browne: Electoral history and profile, guardian.co.uk, accessed 28 May 2010.
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20090327002951/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4977660.stm
  3. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/guardianpolitics/story/0,3605,1184117,00.html |
  4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110726042056/http://www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org/des-browne_67.html
  5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20090630013226/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/08/nuclear-disarmament-cross-party-group
  6. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20101203074650/http://www.basicint.org/publications/des-browne/2010/nuclear-policy-paper-no3
  7. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110513205939/http://www.globalzero.org/files/pdf/NYT_Jun29_09_AP_Syndicated.pdf
  8. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110728005425/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7774584.stm
  9. ↑ Peerages, honours and appointments, number10.gov.uk, 28 May 2010.
  10. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20090213214657/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7887853.stm
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