Paul Channon

Paul Channon    (politician)
Born	1935-10-09 London, United Kingdom
Died	2007-01-27 (Age 71) Brentwood, United Kingdom
Alma mater	Christ Church (Oxford)
Member of	Le Cercle, The Other Club
Party	Conservative
Secretary of State for Transport  In office 13 June 1987 - 24 July 1989 Succeeded by Cecil Parkinson  Secretary of State for Trade and Industry  In office 24 January 1986 - 13 June 1987 Preceded by Leon Brittan Succeeded by David Ivor Young  Minister of State for the Arts In office 5 January 1981 - 11 June 1983  Member of Parliament for Southend West In office 29 January 1959 - 1 May 1997 Succeeded by Damian Green, Alan Howarth, Bob Laxton, Helen Liddell, Jenny TongeDavid Amess, Alan Clark, Charles Clarke, Yvette Cooper, Ed Davey, Louise Ellman, Lorna Fitzsimons, Mike Hancock, Melanie Johnson, Christopher Leslie, Julian Lewis, Peter Luff, Nicholas Lyell, Fiona Mactaggart, Gillian Merron, Chris Pond, Nicholas Soames, Dave Watts, Shaun Woodward, Phil Woolas

Connections

He attended Le Cercle.

Career

Paul Channon was UK Transport Secretary when Pan Am Flight 103 was brought down by a bomb over Scottish town of Lockerbie on 21 December 1988.

Arms-to-Iraq

Full article: Arms-to-Iraq

Channon was involved in the Arms-to-Iraq weapons deal, together with fellow Cercle members Jonathan Aitken and Alan Clark.

 

Event Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Le Cercle/1990 (Oman)	30 November 1990	30 November 1990	Oman Al Bustan Hotel & Al-Baraka Palace Muscat	Start/End dates uncertain

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