John Westwood

Overview
John Westwood is a Dranian politician of the right-wing Grand National Party formerly serving as Minister of Health and Social Services.

Life and Politics
Westwood studied biology and chemistry at the First Private Dranian University from 3333 to 3340, earning a PhD. During this time, he also got to know his later wife Marina LeCoultre, who would later go on to become Prime Minister of Dranland.

He entered politics himself when he became Minister of Health and Social Services in his wife's cabinet in 3365. In the years before, he had worked in the area of medical research for several pharma companies.

As Minister, he launched a controversial reform that generated harsh criticism from the leftist opposition parties (Unity and PAC and which failed to pass the assembly. Among his proposals were cuts on health care expenses, lowering subsidies for pharmaceutical drugs and abolishing governmental benefits for contraceptives.

In April 3376, he resigned as Minister alongside the other GNP members of the cabinet after the coalition had fallen apart.