Nannygate
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Nannygate
Nannygate
Nannygate was a 1993 political controversy in the United States wherein the nomination of Zoë Baird, and near-nomination of Kimba Wood, for U.S. Attorney General were withdrawn due to the hiring of illegal aliens as nannies or the failure to pay taxes for them...

was a 1993 political controversy in the United States wherein the nomination of Zoë Baird, and near-nomination of Kimba Wood, for U.S. Attorney General were withdrawn due to the hiring of illegal aliens as nannies or the failure to pay taxes for them

Nannygate may also refer to similar affairs:
  • David Blunkett, British politician, fast tracking a visa application for his family's nanny (2004)
  • Bernard Kerik
    Bernard Kerik
    Bernard Bailey "Bernie" Kerik is a former New York City Police Commissioner, Secretary of Homeland Security nominee, and now a federal felon. Kerik was New York City Police Commissioner from 2000 to 2001, under Mayor Rudy Giuliani. In December 2004, President George W. Bush nominated Kerik as...

    , American law enforcement officer, nominee for Secretary of Homeland Security, who employed an illegal immigrant as a nanny (2004)
  • Minister affair at the announcement of the Reinfeldt cabinet
    Minister affair at the announcement of the Reinfeldt cabinet
    The minister affair at the announcement of the Reinfeldt cabinet in Sweden is a political scandal which started on October 7, 2006 when the Cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt, which had been announced on October 6, immediately became affected by media allegations on past errors on the part of several...

    , various Swedish political scandals (2006), collectively dubbed 'Nannygate'
    • Maria Borelius
      Maria Borelius
      Maria Sigrid Astrid Borelius is a Swedish journalist, entrepreneur and former politician. Following the 2006 Swedish general election she was elected a Member of Parliament for the Moderate Party, and on 6 October 2006 she was presented as Minister for Foreign Trade in Fredrik Reinfeldt's new...

      , Swedish trade minister, who hired a live-in nanny without paying taxes (2006)
    • Cecilia Stegö Chilò
      Cecilia Stegö Chilò
      Marie Cecilia Stegö Chilò was the Swedish Minister for Culture for ten days, from October 6, 2006 to October 16, 2006. Prior to her appointment as a cabinet member she was Chief executive officer of the Swedish Free Enterprise Foundation , and Director of Timbro, a neoliberal, free-market...

      , Swedish culture minister, who also hired a live-in nanny without paying taxes (2006)
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