On July 3 (Thursday), the Taiwan Foreign Correspondents’ Club will be hosting former U.K. Secretary of State for Defence and cabinet member Sir Gavin Williamson CBE MP for a timely briefing for members.
Registration is required. Please register via https://forms.gle/u4TFVBDcBJTT9AWt5 by June 28.
Seats are limited and registration will be closed once the full capacity is reached.
Event Details
Date: Thursday, July 3rd
Time: 2.15pm – 4.15pm (doors open at 1.45pm; please arrive by 2.00pm)
Venue: Shangri-La Far Eastern Taipei, B1, West Gate (No. 201, Sec. 2, Dunhua S Rd., Da’an District, Taipei City)
Language: English
Rules: TFCC members only
About Sir Gavin Williamson CBE MP:
The Rt Hon Sir Gavin Williamson CBE MP has been a Conservative Member of Parliament since 2010, and was Secretary of State for Defence from November 2017 to May 2019. He also served as Secretary of State for Education, Chief Whip and Minister of State (Minister without Portfolio) at the Cabinet Office in the past.
As Secretary of State for Defence, Sir Gavin pioneered the strategy of tilting British naval resources more towards the Indo-Pacific, directed the first British freedom of navigation operations in the South China Sea in more than a generation, increased the U.K.’s commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and staved off cuts to British armed forces. He was an outspoken critic of both Russian aggression and moves by the People’s Republic of China to increase their economic, military and political reach.
In 2016, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for political and public service. In 2022 he was knighted for political service. He was also made a privy councillor.