Editing Jonathan Aitken (section)

{{Short description|British politician (born 1942)}}
{{for|the Canadian hockey player|Johnathan Aitken}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2013}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = [[The Reverend]]
|name             = Jonathan Aitken
|office           = [[Chief Secretary to the Treasury]]
|primeminister    = [[John Major]]
|term_start       = 20 July 1994
|term_end         = 5 July 1995
|predecessor      = [[Michael Portillo]]
|successor        = [[William Waldegrave, Baron Waldegrave of North Hill|William Waldegrave]]
|office1          = [[Minister for Defence Procurement]]
|primeminister1   = John Major
|term_start1      = 14 April 1992
|term_end1        = 20 July 1994
|predecessor1     = [[Alan Clark]]
|successor1       = [[Roger Freeman, Baron Freeman|Roger Freeman]]
|office2          = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]]
|predecessor2     = ''Constituency established''
|successor2       = [[Stephen Ladyman]]
|term_start2      = 28 February 1974
|term_end2        = 8 April 1997
|constituency2    = [[South Thanet]] (1983–1997)<br />[[Thanet East]] (1974–1983)
|birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1942|8|30|df=y}}
|birth_place      = [[Dublin]], Ireland
|death_date       =
|death_place      =
|spouse           = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Lolica Olivera Azucki<br />|1979|1998|end=div}}
* {{marriage|Elizabeth Rees-Williams<br />|2003|2022|end=died}}
}}
|children         = 4, including Alexandra
|parents          = [[William Aitken (politician)|Sir William Aitken]]<br />[[Penelope, Lady Aitken]]
|party            = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] (1966–2004)<br />[[UKIP]] (2004–2007)
|education       = [[Eton College]]
|alma_mater      = [[Christ Church, Oxford]]<br>[[Wycliffe Hall, Oxford]]
|website          = [http://www.jonathanaitken.org Official website]
}}

'''Jonathan William Patrick Aitken''' (born 30 August 1942) is a British author, [[Church of England]] priest and former [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician. Beginning his career in journalism, he was elected to Parliament in 1974 (serving until 1997), and was a member of the cabinet during [[John Major]]'s premiership from 1994 to 1995. That same year, he was accused by ''[[The Guardian]]'' of misdeeds conducted under his official government capacity. He sued the newspaper for libel in response, but the case collapsed, and he was subsequently found to have committed perjury during his trial. In 1999, he was sentenced to 18 months in prison, of which he served seven months.

Following his imprisonment, Aitken became a Christian and later became the honorary president of [[Christian Solidarity Worldwide]]. He was ordained as an Anglican priest in 2019.