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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.
- 1939–1950
- David Profumo
John Dennis Profumo, 5.º Barão Profumo, CBE, conhecido informalmente como Jack Profumo, (Kensington, 30 de Janeiro de 1915 - Londres, 9 de Março de 2006) foi um político britânico. Profumo é mais conhecido pelo envolvimento em 1963 num escândalo envolvendo a modelo Christine Keeler .
- Albert Profumo
- John Dennis Profumo, 30 de janeiro de 1915, Kensington
- Reino Unido, Reino Unido da Grã-Bretanha e Irlanda
O Caso Profumo consistiu num escândalo político britânico com origem numa breve ligação sexual, em 1961, entre John Profumo, o Secretário de Estado da Guerra no governo conservador de Harold Macmillan, e Christine Keeler, uma futura modelo de 19 anos de idade.
John Profumo (born January 30, 1915, London, England—died March 9, 2006, London, England) 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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.
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...
