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John Dennis Profumo, 5. Baron Profumo CBE (* 30. Januar 1915 in Kensington, London; † 9. März 2006 in Chelsea, London) war ein konservativer britischer Politiker, der als Kriegsminister in den 1960er Jahren mit der nach ihm benannten Profumo-Affäre einen Skandal auslöste.
Die Profumo-Affäre war ein politischer Skandal um den britischen Kriegsminister John Profumo in den Jahren 1962/63.
John Dennis Profumo CBE PC (/ p r ə ˈ f juː m oʊ / prə-FEW-moh; 30 January 1915 – 9 March 2006) was a British politician whose career ended in 1963 after a sexual relationship with the 19-year-old model Christine Keeler in 1961.
27. Aug. 2024 · John Profumo (born January 30, 1915, London, England—died March 9, 2006, London, England) was a British politician and philanthropist who was the central character in one of the U.K.’s most spectacular sex scandals of the 20th century. The affair helped bring down Britain’s government and led Profumo to devote the rest of his ...
John Profumo, the 46-year-old Secretary of State for War in Harold Macmillan's Conservative government, had an extramarital affair with the 19-year-old model Christine Keeler beginning in 1961. Profumo denied the affair in a statement to the House of Commons in 1963; weeks later, a police investigation proved that he had lied.
Profumo affair, in British history, political and intelligence scandal in the early 1960s that helped topple the Conservative Party government of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. Involving sex, a Russian spy, and the secretary of state for war, the scandal captured the attention of the British public.
5. Juni 2023 · Es geht um Politik im Kalten Krieg, um Sex und Lügen, um Spionage und wild brodelnde Gerüchte. John Profumo, der Kriegsminister, stürzt mitten in einer steilen Politkarriere jäh ab.
Cabinet minister John Profumo was forced to resign after he lied to Parliament. A former member of a government advisory panel on historical records says he has "never experienced such a...
11. März 2006 · LONDON, March 10 - John Profumo, whose highflying political career in Britain ended in a cold war scandal of sex and espionage that gave way to a lifetime of atonement, died about midnight on...
10. März 2006 · LONDON — John Profumo, whose high- flying political career ended in a Cold War scandal of sex and espionage that gave way to a lifetime of atonement, died around midnight Thursday, according to...
