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	Tel: 0845 458 2581	Jonathan Aitken Nobody hates this man. Jonathan Aitken has been thought of as the appropriate successor to John Major. “The only Cabinet Minister who hasn’t a single enemy” quoted by The Mail on Sunday 29^th January, 1995 In recent times no politician fell further than Jonathan Aitken. The high flier who had it all — talent, riches and good looks — fell on his ‘sword of truth’ when he was sued over allegations of improprieties whilst he was Minister for Defense Procurement. Oxford educated, Jonathan Aitken initiated his career as a Fleet Street journalist in the 1960s rendering his services as a war correspondent in Vietnam, Biafra and the Middle East. For 18 years he was on the backbenches. Jonathan then became a Conservative Member of Parliament in 1974 and in 1992 was appointed as Minister of State for Defense. In 1994 he joined the Cabinet as Chief Secretary to the Treasury. His sudden and shocking resignation in 1995 followed the media accusing him of sleaze in the final months of the Tony government. After a well-publicized court case he pleaded guilty to perjury and was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment. Jonathan has chaired many Parliamentary committees and business groups including The British Saudi Arabian Parliamentary Group. His success in commercial life saw him appointed Chief Executive of TV-Am and Chairman of Aitken Hume Plc, the banking and investment group. Jonathan became a best selling author with his books that include Nixon: A Life and Pride and Perjury. He was awarded the International Churchill Society Prize for political biography. Now preparing for a theology degree at Wycliffe College, Oxford, he regularly contributes to TV radio and newspapers, writing a biography and has just completed his first novel. He is a Director of Prison Fellowship International and frequently visits prisons to talk to inmates. Jonathan is an outstanding public speaker, superb after dinner speaker and in equal measure a telling business speaker. He has a remarkable and inspiring story to tell. His recent speaking engagements include the Harvard Club of New York, The International Press Club of Hong Kong, and dinners and luncheons in Washington, New York, Palm Springs, Guernsey, Hong Kong and of course the UK. Jonathan's topics include: From Power to Porridge — A Journey through Prison The Lighter Side of Politics and Prison Reflections on the Thatcher and Major Governments 1979-1997 Memories of Prime Ministers from Churchill to Blair How to Handle a Personal or Corporate Crisis Understanding Saudi Arabia The American Presidency from Dwight Eisenhower to George W. Bush

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