20th Anniversary Speakers

Sir Malcolm Rifkind

Member of Parliament and Queen’s Counsel

Speaker at London Public Policy Symposium
 

Malcolm Rifkind, British Conservative Party politician, currently serves as a Member of Parliament and Queen’s Counsel, as well as a chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee. Sir Rifikind is also a Patron of the Tory Reform Group and a member of the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group. He has been actively engaged in politics since 1970, when he became a local councilor in Edinburgh. Four years later he was elected as a Member of Parliament. Throughout the whole Prime Ministerships of both Margaret Thatcher and John Major he served in various roles such as Secretary of State for Scotland (1986-1990), Defence Secretary (1992-1995) and Foreign Secretary (1995-1997). In 1997, in recognition of his public service, he was knighted with The Order of St Michael and St George in the Knight Commander (KCMG) class.