07/10/2013
New NIO Minister Appointed
Andrew Robathan has replaced Mike Penning as Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office (NIO).
The move was revealed today in a series of ministerial announcements made by No. 10, which also saw Scottish Secretary Michael Moore replaced by Lib Dem chief whip Alistair Carmichael.
Andrew Robathan was previously the Minister of State for the Armed Forces, a position to which he was appointed in September 2012.
He is the Conservative MP for south Leicestershire and was previously Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans.
He served around the world in the Coldstream Guards from 1974 to 1989, before working for BP from 1991 to 1992.
He volunteered to rejoin the army in 1991 and served as Chief of Staff of the Prisoner of War Guard Force in Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Kuwait.
Mr Robathan has been an MP since 1992.
(IT/CD)
The move was revealed today in a series of ministerial announcements made by No. 10, which also saw Scottish Secretary Michael Moore replaced by Lib Dem chief whip Alistair Carmichael.
Andrew Robathan was previously the Minister of State for the Armed Forces, a position to which he was appointed in September 2012.
He is the Conservative MP for south Leicestershire and was previously Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans.
He served around the world in the Coldstream Guards from 1974 to 1989, before working for BP from 1991 to 1992.
He volunteered to rejoin the army in 1991 and served as Chief of Staff of the Prisoner of War Guard Force in Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Kuwait.
Mr Robathan has been an MP since 1992.
(IT/CD)
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