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| '''Glenys Elizabeth Kinnock, Baroness Kinnock''' (born in 1944) is a ] politician and ], for the ] since 1994, winning reelection to the ] successively in 1999 and 2004 |
'''Glenys Elizabeth Kinnock, Baroness Kinnock''' (born in 1944) is a ] politician and ], for the ] since 1994, winning reelection to the ] successively in 1999 and 2004. | ||
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| Glenys Kinnock was educated at Holyhead Comprehensive School and graduated at the University of Wales College, Cardiff in education and history. She has been a teacher in secondary, primary, infant and nursery schools. | |||
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| ==European Parliament== | |||
| ⚫ | Lady Kinnock is patron or |
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| Lady Kinnock represents Wales and is a Member of the European Parliament's Development and Co-operation Committee. She is co-president of the African, Caribbean and Pacific/EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly and is Labour spokesperson on International Development in the European Parliament. | |||
| ==Attributes== | |||
| She is a speaker of ]. | |||
| ⚫ | In 1967, she married former Labour Party leader ] (who was created a life peer in ]). | ||
| == Curriculum vitae == | |||
| ⚫ | Lady Kinnock is patron, president or board member of a number of charitable organisations, including ''Saferworld'', ''Drop the Debt'', ''Parliamentarians for Global Action'', ''The Burma Campaign'', ''International AIDS Vaccine Initiative'', ''World Parliamentarian Magazine'', ''Voluntary Service Overseas'' and ] (formerly ''The Bernt Carlsson Trust''). She founded ''One World Action'' on December 21, 1989, exactly one year after UN Commissioner for Namibia, ], was killed in the ] crash. | ||
| BA (Education and History) (1965). Teaching diploma (1966). Teacher in nursery, primary and secondary schools (1967-1994). Honorary degrees: ] and ], Honorary Doctorate; ], Honorary Fellow; ]. | |||
| Member of the European Parliament (since 1994). UK Labour Party Spokesperson for International Development in the European Parliament. Co-President of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (since 2002). | |||
| Fellow of the ]. President, One World Action. President of ]. President of the annual Solidar Silver Rose Awards Jury. Vice-President, ] and Assembly. Patron of Saferworld. Patron, Jubilee 2000. Council Member of ]. Board Member, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative. Advisory Board Member of the International Research Network on Children and Armed Conflict. Member, Advisory Committee to the International Programme at the ]. | |||
| Publications: 'Eritrea - images of war and peace' (1988); 'Namibia - birth of a nation' (1990); 'By Faith and Daring' (1993). | |||
| ==Publications== | |||
| *''Voices for One World'', 1987 | |||
| *''Eritrea - images of war and peace'', 1988 | |||
| *''Namibia - birth of a nation'', 1990 | |||
| *''By Faith and Daring'', 1993 | |||
| *''Zimbabwe on the brink'', 2002 | |||
| ==See also== | |||
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Revision as of 22:20, 26 November 2005
Glenys Elizabeth Kinnock, Baroness Kinnock (born in 1944) is a Welsh politician and Member of the European Parliament, for the Labour Party since 1994, winning reelection to the European Parliament successively in 1999 and 2004.
Glenys Kinnock was educated at Holyhead Comprehensive School and graduated at the University of Wales College, Cardiff in education and history. She has been a teacher in secondary, primary, infant and nursery schools.
European Parliament
Lady Kinnock represents Wales and is a Member of the European Parliament's Development and Co-operation Committee. She is co-president of the African, Caribbean and Pacific/EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly and is Labour spokesperson on International Development in the European Parliament.
Attributes
She is a speaker of Welsh.
In 1967, she married former Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock, Baron Kinnock (who was created a life peer in 2005).
Lady Kinnock is patron, president or board member of a number of charitable organisations, including Saferworld, Drop the Debt, Parliamentarians for Global Action, The Burma Campaign, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, World Parliamentarian Magazine, Voluntary Service Overseas and One World Action (formerly The Bernt Carlsson Trust). She founded One World Action on December 21, 1989, exactly one year after UN Commissioner for Namibia, Bernt Carlsson, was killed in the Pan Am Flight 103 crash.
Publications
- Voices for One World, 1987
- Eritrea - images of war and peace, 1988
- Namibia - birth of a nation, 1990
- By Faith and Daring, 1993
- Zimbabwe on the brink, 2002