Robert Philip Braidwood BEng (born 11 July 1949) is a Manx politician, who was formerly a Member of the Legislative Council; he was previously an MHK for Douglas East after winning the Douglas East by-election in 1995 and he continued to top the poll in every General Election since then until his elevation to the Legislative Council in 2010, which sparked a by-election won by Chris Robertshaw. He has had a long political career and has held numerous government positions, notably

Minister of Transport A ministry of transport or transportation is a ministry responsible for transportation within a country. It usually is administered by the ''minister for transport''. The term is also sometimes applied to the departments or other government a ...

(2005–06) and

Minister of Home Affairs An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...

(2001–05).

Governmental positions

* Chairman of the Financial Supervision Commission, 1999–2001 *

, 2001–05 * Chairman of the

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, 2001–05 *

, 2005–06

References

https://web.archive.org/web/20121009061613/http://www.gov.im/lib/news/dha/theministerofhom.xml Members of the House of Keys 1991–1996 Members of the House of Keys 1996–2001 Members of the House of Keys 2001–2006 Members of the House of Keys 2006–2011 Living people 1949 births {{IsleofMan-politician-stub