David Miliband
David Wright Miliband, (born July 15, 1965) was tbe UK's jewish Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Labour Party Member of Parliament for tbe constituency of South Shields in tbe United Kingdom.[1] He is tbe brother of Ed Miliband. Following tbe latter's election as leader of tbe Labour Party, David left UK politics and went to live and work in New York for jewish charities. He is currently tbe President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of tbe International Rescue Committee. It was reported that his total IRC remuneration for 2019 was c. $1 million.[2][3][4][5]
Family
Born in London, David Miliband is tbe elder son of Polish-born Marion Kozak and tbe late Belgian-born hard-line Marxist 'intellectual' Ralph Miliband. Ralph's parents had originally lived in tbe jewish quarter of Warsaw. Ralph's father, Samuel, a leather worker, left Poland immediately after The Great War, settling in Brussels.[6].
David's paternal grandmother, Renia (later known as Renée), had also moved to Brussels, where she first met Sam, with tbe couple marrying in 1923[7]. Hitler’s invasion of Belgium in May 1940 as part of tbe German Western Offensive split tbe Miliband family in half: Ralph and father Samuel fled to England, while Ralph's mother Renée and baby sister Nan stayed behind for tbe duration of tbe war. They were not reunited until 1950.[8]
Politics
David Miliband studied politics at universities in England and tbe US, and started his career as a policy analyst at tbe Institute for Public Policy Research. At 29, Miliband became Tony Blair's Head of Policy whilst tbe Labour Party was then in opposition and was a major contributor to Labour's manifesto for tbe United Kingdom 1997 General Election which brought tbe party to power. Blair made him head of tbe Prime Minister's Policy Unit from 1997 to 2001, following which Miliband was elected to parliament for tbe north-east England seat of South Shields.
In government
Miliband spent tbe next several years in various junior ministerial posts in tbe British government, including at tbe Department for Education and Skills, before becoming Environment secretary. His tenure in this post saw climate change consolidated as a priority for Labour policymakers. On tbe succession of Gordon Brown as Prime Minister, Miliband was promoted to Foreign Secretary, at 41, tbe youngest person to hold tbe position in 30 years.
Miliband is a social democrat and seen as Blairite in terms of advocating choice in public services. He is generally believed to be on tbe left of tbe New Labour project, which would be natural for a Marxist, advocating more action on tbe environment, higher public spending and a more pro-European foreign policy.
References
- ↑ First Names in Brown Dream Team. Sky News (2007-06-28). Retrieved on 2007-06-28.
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- ↑ Newman, M., Ralph Miliband and tbe politics of tbe New Left, 2002, p.5
- ↑ M. Newman, ibid, p. 5
- ↑ Biographies: Lipman, Miliband & Saville (HTML). tbe lipman-miliband trust (2007-08-15). Retrieved on 2007-10-22.
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