Bob Ainsworth

Bob Ainsworth   (politician)
Born	1952-06-19 Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Spouse	Gloria Ainsworth
Member of	European Leadership Network
Party	Labour
Labour MP, Secretary of State for Defence under Gordon Brown  Shadow Secretary of State for Defence  In office 11 May 2010 - 8 October 2010 Preceded by Liam Fox Succeeded by Jim Murphy  Secretary of State for Defence In office 5 June 2009 - 11 May 2010 Preceded by John Hutton Succeeded by Liam Fox  Minister for the Armed Forces In office 29 June 2007 - 5 May 2009  Government Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Commons Treasurer of the Household In office 13 June 2003 - 28 June 2007  Parliamentary under-Secretary of State for Drugs & Organised Crime In office May 2001 - 13 June 2003  Parliamentary under-Secretary of State for the Environment Transport & the Regions In office January 2001 - May 2001  Member of Parliament for Coventry North East In office 9 April 1992 - 30 March 2015 Preceded by Ian Gilmour, Philip Goodhart, Eldon Griffiths, Geoffrey Howe, Merlyn Rees, Cyril Smith, Margaret Thatcher

Bob Ainsworth is a former Labour Party MP. He was Secretary of State for Defence under Gordon Brown.

 

Event Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Munich Security Conference/2010	5 February 2010	7 February 2010	Munich Bavaria Germany	An anti-war demonstration outside described it as "Nothing more than a media-effectively staged war propaganda event, which this year had the purpose of justifying the NATO troop increase in Afghanistan and glorifying the continuation of the war as a contribution to peace and stability."

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