Name Robert Harvey Role British Politician | ||
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Robert Lambart Harvey (born 21 August 1953) is a British Conservative Party politician, journalist and well known historian and author.
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Education
Eton College; Christ Church, Oxford University (BA 1974; MA 1978).
Journalism
Robert Harvey has been foreign affairs leader writer for the Daily Telegraph (1987-1991) and assistant editor of The Economist (1981-1983).
Politics
Harvey first stood for Parliament, unsuccessfully, at Caernarvon in October 1974, where he was beaten by the future leader of Plaid Cymru, Dafydd Wigley. Five years later he contested Merioneth, once again being beaten by a Plaid Cymru incumbent, Dafydd Elis-Thomas. In the Conservative landslide of 1983 general election, he was elected to the House of Commons as MP for Clwyd South-West. He became a member of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee. He served for one term before his defeat at the 1987 election by the Labour candidate Martyn Jones.
Think Tanks
He was a member of the Wilton Park council (1984-1988) and a member of the advisory board of the Woodrow Wilson Chair of International Politics (1985-1992). He is an active member of the Caux Round Table.
Author
Robert Harvey is a prolific historian and author. In 2007 he edited and introduced the book entitled The World Crisis: The Way Forward after Iraq with works by Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger, George Shultz, Geoffrey Howe, Michael Heseltine, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Brent Scowcroft, Sam Nunn, Dick Lugar as well as himself. He has been translated into several languages and some of his titles have been widely read.