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Jonathan Aitken

Jonathan Aitken
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
In office
20 July 1994 – 5 July 1995
Prime Minister John Major
Preceded by Michael Portillo
Succeeded by William Waldegrave
Minister for Defence Procurement
In office
14 April 1992 – 20 July 1994
Prime Minister John Major
Preceded by Alan Clark
Succeeded by Roger Freeman
Member of Parliament
for South Thanet
In office
9 June 1983 – 1 May 1997
Preceded by Constituency established
Succeeded by Stephen Ladyman
Member of Parliament
for Thanet East
In office
28 February 1974 – 9 June 1983
Preceded by Constituency established
Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born (1942-08-30) 30 August 1942 (age 74)
Dublin, Ireland
Political party Conservative (1966–2004)
UKIP (2004–present)
Alma mater Christ Church, Oxford
Wycliffe Hall, Oxford
Religion Anglicanism
Website Official website
Jonathan Aitken
Criminal charge
Criminal penalty 18 months imprisonment
Criminal status Released

Jonathan William Patrick Aitken (born 30 August 1942) is a former Conservative Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom for 24 years, and a former British government Cabinet minister. He was convicted of perjury in 1999 and received an 18-month prison sentence, of which he served seven months. He is currently president of Christian Solidarity Worldwide. Aitken was also a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom.

Aitken's parents were Sir William Traven Aitken, KBE, a former Conservative MP, and the Hon. Penelope Aitken, MBE, JP, daughter of John Maffey, 1st Baron Rugby. Aitken is a great-nephew of newspaper magnate and war-time minister Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook (Lord Beaverbrook). His sister is the actress Maria Aitken and his nephew is the actor Jack Davenport. He is godfather to James Abbott, the son of Labour left-winger Diane Abbott.

In 1979, Aitken married Lolicia Olivera Azucki, a daughter of O. Azucki of Zurich, Switzerland; they divorced in 1998. With his first wife, he had twin daughters and one son,Alexandra and Victoria Aitken, and William Aitken respectively. In 1999, DNA testing confirmed that Petrina Khashoggi, putative daughter of billionaire arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi, was Aitken's biological child, the result of an affair with Khashoggi's then-wife Soraya (née Sandra Daly). He married his second wife, the Hon. Elizabeth Harris, daughter of David Rees-Williams, 1st Baron Ogmore, TD, PC, in June 2003.


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