John Reid

John Reid      (politician)
Born	8 May 1947 Lanarkshire
Member of	US/Department/State/International Visitor Leadership Program
Home Secretary  In office 5 May 2006 - 27 June 2007 Preceded by Charles Clarke Succeeded by Jacqui Smith  Secretary of State for Defence In office 6 May 2005 - 5 May 2006 Preceded by Geoff Hoon Succeeded by Des Browne advised by Josh Arnold-Foster, later of the Institute for Statecraft  Secretary of State for Health  In office 13 June 2003 - 6 May 2005 Preceded by Alan Milburn  Leader of the House of Commons  In office 4 April 2003 - 13 June 2003 Preceded by Robin Cook  Lord President of the Council In office 4 April 2003 - 13 June 2003 Succeeded by Gareth Williams (politician)  Minister without Portfolio  In office 24 October 2002 - 4 April 2003 Preceded by Charles Clarke Also Labour Party Chair  Secretary of State for Northern Ireland  In office 25 January 2001 - 24 October 2002 Preceded by Peter Mandelson Succeeded by Paul Murphy  Secretary of State for Scotland  In office 17 May 1999 - 25 January 2001  Minister of State for Transport In office 27 July 1998 - 17 May 1999  Minister of State for the Armed Forces In office 2 May 1997 - 27 July 1998 Boss George Robertson Preceded by Nicholas Soames  Member of Parliament for Airdrie and Shotts In office 5 May 2005 - 6 May 2010 Preceded by Lorna Fitzsimons, Melanie Johnson, Christopher Leslie, Chris Pond Succeeded by Jane Ellison, Bob Stewart, John WoodcockSteve Baker, Harriett Baldwin, Stephen Barclay, Guto Bebb, Andrew Bridgen, Thérèse Coffey, Damian Collins, Zac Goldsmith, Richard Harrington, Margot James, Jo Johnson, Liz Kendall, Ian Lavery, Christopher Leslie, Shabana Mahmood, Mark Pawsey, Chris Pincher, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Rachel Reeves, Steve Rotheram, Amber Rudd, Alok Sharma, Mel Stride, Liz Truss, Chuka Umunna, Nadhim Zahawi  Member of Parliament for Hamilton North and Bellshill Motherwell North In office 11 June 1987 - 5 May 2005

John Reid is a former MP and minister who had a string of appointments before moving through the revolving door.

In 2008 G4S announced that they required his services as a consultant.

Resources

• Kyle, Gregor, "John Reid Confirmed as New Chairman," Celtic FC, undated, accessed 28 November 2008.
• Reid, John, Rt Hon Dr John Reid MP, accessed 28 November 2008.
• Ungoed-Thomas, Jon, et al., "Revealed: how minister cashed in on contacts," The Sunday Times, 23 November 2008, accessed 24 November 2008.

 

An appointment by John Reid

Appointee	Job	End
Charles Farr	MI6/Director of Security and Public Affairs	July 2007

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