History and chronology of Robin Finlayson Cook in Great Britain

General

Government Labour Party
Gulf War, 2nd

Events

Birth
Chairman Housing Committee
Chairman Labour Party
Diplomacy
Election
Fatwah
Leader House Commons
Marriage
Minister Foreign Affairs
President
Privy Council
Resignation
Shadow Foreign Secretary
Shadow Health Secretary

Places

Bellshill
Edinburgh
Livingstone
London

Robin Finlayson Cook History of Great Britain


1946	Birth
28th Feb Bellshill Birth of Robin Finlayson Cook
1973	Chairman Housing Committee Cook
Edinburgh Appointed Chairman of the Edinburgh Housing Committee
1974	Election
Edinburgh Elected Member of Parliament for Edinburgh Central
1983	Election
Livingstone Elected Member of Parliament for Livingstone
1989	Shadow Health Secretary
Appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Health & Social Security
1994	Shadow Foreign Secretary
Appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs
1996	Chairman Labour Party
Appointed Chairman of the Labour Party
1996	Privy Council
Appointed Privy Counsellor
1997	Marriage
3rd Aug Announces he is leaving his wife
1997	Minister of Foreign Affairs
Appointed Foreign Secretary
Appointed Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs
1998	Diplomacy
Sep The Fatwah on Salman Rushdie is lifted after talks between Robin Cook & Kamal Kharrazi
1998	Fatwah
Sep The Fatwah on Rushdie is lifted after talks between Robin Cook & Kamal Kharrazi
1999	Diplomacy
May Britain & Iran exchange ambassadors for the 1st time since 1989
2001	Leader House of Commons
Appointed Leader of the House of Commons
London Appointed Leader of the House of Commons
2001	President
Appointed President of the Council
2001	Resignation
17th Mar Robin Cook resigns over the government's policy on war in Iraq
2003	Resignation
Mar Resigns from the Cabinet over the war with Iraq