The Lord Robertson of Port Ellen | |
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 Official portrait, 2020 | |
| 10th Secretary General of NATO | |
| In office 14 October 1999 – 17 December 2003 | |
| Deputy | Sergio Balanzino Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo |
| Preceded by | Javier Solana |
| Succeeded by | Jaap de Hoop Scheffer |
| Secretary of State for Defence | |
| In office 3 May 1997 – 11 October 1999 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Michael Portillo |
| Succeeded by | Geoff Hoon |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland | |
| In office 21 October 1993 – 2 May 1997 | |
| Leader | John Smith Margaret Beckett (acting) Tony Blair |
| Shadowing | Ian Lang Michael Forsyth |
| Preceded by | Tom Clarke |
| Succeeded by | Jacqui Lait (2001) |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 3 February 2000 Life peerage | |
| Member of Parliament for Hamilton South Hamilton (1978–1997) | |
| In office 31 May 1978 – 24 August 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Alexander Wilson |
| Succeeded by | William Tynan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | George Islay MacNeill Robertson 12 April 1946 Port Ellen, Argyll, Scotland |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse |
Sandra Wallace (m. 1970) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Dundee |
George Islay MacNeill Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen (born 12 April 1946) is a British politician of the Labour Party who was the 10th Secretary General of NATO from 1999 to 2003; he succeeded Javier Solana. He was Secretary of State for Defence from 1997 to 1999, before becoming a life peer as Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, of Islay in Argyll and Bute, on 24 August 1999.[1][2]
- ^ "No. 55596". The London Gazette. 31 August 1999. p. 9355.
- ^ "No. 24663". The Edinburgh Gazette. 27 August 1999. p. 1821.