biography
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Profumo, John (Dennis)
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pronunciation:
[profyoomoh]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1915– )
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| biography:
| British statesman. He studied at Oxford, and became a Conservative MP (1940). He held several government posts before becoming minister of state for foreign affairs (1959–60) and secretary of state for war (1960–3). He resigned in 1963 as a result of a scandal following his admission that he had earlier been guilty of a grave misdemeanour in deceiving the House of Commons about the nature of his relationship with Christine Keeler, who was at the time also involved with a Russian diplomat. He later engaged in a great deal of social and charitable work, and was chairman (1982–5) then president of Toynbee Hall, London. |
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