Geoffrey Rippon

Geoffrey Rippon
Geoffrey Rippon ; (politician);
Born	1924-05-28; Penn, England
Died	1997-01-28 (Age 72); Broomfield, England
Nationality	UK
Alma mater	King's College (Taunton), Brasenose College (Oxford)
Member of	European Atlantic Group
Party	Conservative
	Shadow Foreign Secretary
In office
	4 March 1974 - 11 February 1975
Succeeded by	Reginald Maudling
	Attended the 1974 Bilderberg
	Secretary of State for the Environment
In office
	5 November 1972 - 4 March 1974
Succeeded by	Anthony Crosland
	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In office
	25 July 1970 - 5 November 1972
Preceded by	Anthony Barber
	UK/Minister of Technology
In office
	20 June 1970 - 25 July 1970
Preceded by	Tony Benn
	Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
In office
	1969 - 20 June 1970
Preceded by	Reginald Maudling
	Member of Parliament for Hexham
In office
	31 March 1966 - 11 June 1987
Preceded by	Geoffrey Howe, Peter Thorneycroft
Succeeded by	Nigel Griffiths, Adam Ingram, Eric Martlew, Tommy McAvoy, Ann WiddecombeDiane Abbott, James Arbuthnot, Simon Burns, Andrew Smith, Joan Walley
	Member of Parliament for Norwich South
In office
	26 May 1955 - 15 October 1964
Preceded by	Bernard Braine, Michael Stewart
Succeeded by	Eldon Griffiths, Geoffrey Howe, Patrick Jenkin, Norman St John-Stevas, Robert Maxwell, Shirley Summerskill

Aubrey Geoffrey Frederick Rippon, Baron Rippon of Hexham was a British Conservative Party politician. He is most known for drafting the European Communities Act 1972 which took the United Kingdom into the European Communities on 1 January 1973. He was Chairman of the European-Atlantic Group.

From 1979 to 1982, Rippon was President of the European Documentation and Information Centre (CEDI).

Event Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/1974	19 April 1974	21 April 1974	France Hotel Mont d' Arbois Megève	The 23rd Bilderberg, held in France

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