On Monday 28 September 2009, Dr Liam Fox MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence will speak on "Beyond the Smoke: Making Progress in Afghanistan” from 1-2pm.
Dr Liam Fox will address the diplomatic and military strategy towards Afghanistan which a Conservative United Kingdom government would pursue.
Liam Fox contested Roxburgh and Berwickshire in the 1987 General Election, and was elected as the Member of Parliament for Woodspring in April 1992. In June 1993, he was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to Michael Howard, then Home Secretary. In July 1994, he was appointed an Assistant Government Whip, and promoted to the position of Senior Government Whip the following year. He was a Minister at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 1996 until the 1997 General Election.
In June 1997, Liam Fox was appointed Opposition Front Bench Spokesman on Constitutional Affairs. For four years from May 1999 to November 2003 he served as Shadow Secretary of State for Heath before being appointed Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party in 2003. Subsequently, from May 2005 to December 2005, he served as Shadow Foreign Secretary. Since December 2005, he has been the Shadow Secretary of State for Defence.
Liam Fox was born in 1961. He was educated at St Bride's High School, East Kilbride, and University of Glasgow, where he studied medicine. As a keen university debater he won national and international prizes. Liam is a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners. He worked as a Civilian Army Medical Officer and also worked in the voluntary sector as a divisional surgeon for St Johns before working as a GP in Buckinghamshire and Somerset.
This address was chaired by Adam Ward, Director of Studies. It took place in the Lee Kuan Yew Conference Room at Arundel House, 13–15 Arundel Street, Temple Place, London WC2R 3DX.
