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John Dennis Profumo CBE (/ 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.
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.
May 10, 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 life to charity.
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The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Article History. John Profumo. Date: July 8, 1961 - c. June 1961. Key People: Christine Keeler. 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 ...
John Profumo, the Secretary of State for War, resigned after admitting an affair with Christine Keeler, who also had a liaison with a Soviet diplomat. The affair exposed the web of lies and intrigue that involved Stephen Ward, MI5 and MI6, and shook the British political establishment.
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...
Feb 9, 2010 · John Profumo, a British war minister, resigned in 1963 after lying to Parliament about his affair with Christine Keeler, a showgirl and alleged Soviet spy. The scandal threatened the Conservative government and led to the downfall of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan.
