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Bevan, Aneurin |
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Bevan, Aneurin (Nye) (1897–1960)British Labour politician. Son of a Welsh miner, and himself a miner at 13, he was member of Parliament for Ebbw Vale 1929–60. As minister of health 1945–51, he inaugurated the National Health Service (NHS); he was minister of labour from January to April 1951, when he resigned (with Harold Wilson) on the introduction of NHS charges and led a Bevanite faction against the government. In 1956 he became chief Labour spokesperson on foreign affairs, and deputy leader of the Labour party in 1959. He was an outstanding speaker. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| But the speaker in this case was Aneurin Bevan, one of the moral
and political giants of the European Left. And then he became, as his most severe critic, the Labour
radical Aneurin Bevan, put it, "the great advocate who put the case
of Britain to the world and the destiny of Britain to the British. He chose
the bardic name of ap Aneurin, a tribute both to a 6th-century Welsh
poet and to Aneurin Bevan, the Labour Party politician who founded the
National Health Service. |
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