Andrew Robathan

The Right Honourable
The Lord Robathan
PC
The Right Honourable The Lord Robathan PC
	Official portrait, 2019
Minister of State for Northern Ireland
	In office; 7 October 2013 – 14 July 2014
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Mike Penning
Succeeded by	Andrew Murrison
Minister of State for the Armed Forces
	In office; 4 September 2012 – 7 October 2013
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Nick Harvey
Succeeded by	Mark Francois
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Welfare and Veterans
	In office; 13 May 2010 – 4 September 2012
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Kevan Jones
Succeeded by	Mark Francois
Member of the House of Lords ; Lord Temporal
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 9 November 2015; Life Peerage
Member of Parliament; for South Leicestershire; Blaby (1992–2010)
	In office; 9 April 1992 – 30 March 2015
Preceded by	Nigel Lawson
Succeeded by	Alberto Costa
Personal details
Born	17 July 1951; Surrey, United Kingdom
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Rachael Maunder (m. 1991)
Children	2
Alma mater	Oriel College, Oxford
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	British Army
Years of service	1974–1989 (British Army)
Rank	Major
Unit	Coldstream Guards; Special Air Service
Battles/wars	Gulf War

Andrew Robert George Robathan, Baron Robathan, PC (born 17 July 1951) is a British Conservative politician, who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for South Leicestershire (previously Blaby) in Leicestershire as well as a government minister.

In September 2014 Robathan announced he would stand down at the 2015 general election, and was nominated for a life peerage in 2015 Dissolution Honours, being created Baron Robathan, of Poultney in the County of Leicestershire, on 13 October 2015.

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