Ernest Bevin

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Ernest Bevin was a prominent British Labour politician and trade union leader who served as Foreign Secretary during and after World War II, playing a major role in shaping postwar Europe and the early Cold War order.

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Ernest Bevin canonical 12

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician
Labour Party politician
human
trade unionist
constituencyRepresented Wandsworth Central
Woolwich
surface form: Woolwich East
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1881-03-09
dateOfDeath 1951-04-14
employer UK government
surface form: Government of the United Kingdom

Transport and General Workers' Union
endTime Foreign Secretary term: 1951
General Secretary of TGWU term: 1940
Minister of Labour and National Service term: 1945
familyName Bevin
fullName Ernest Bevin self-link
givenName Ernest
ideology democratic socialism
languageSpoken English
memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
movement trade union movement
notableFor leadership in British labour movement
service in Clement Attlee's postwar Labour government
service in Winston Churchill's wartime coalition government
notableWork co-founding the Transport and General Workers' Union
involvement in the Marshall Plan arrangements
policy on the British nuclear deterrent
policy on the creation of West Germany
role in early Cold War containment policy
role in founding NATO
shaping post-World War II European order
occupation Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
surface form: Foreign Secretary

politician
trade union leader
parliamentaryBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
placeOfBirth Winsford, Somerset, England
placeOfBurial Westminster Abbey, London
surface form: Westminster Abbey
placeOfDeath London, England
positionHeld Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
surface form: British Foreign Secretary

General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union
Member of Parliament
Minister of Labour and National Service
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
surface form: Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom
religion Methodism
startTime Foreign Secretary term: 1945
General Secretary of TGWU term: 1922
Minister of Labour and National Service term: 1940
workLocation London, England
surface form: London

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- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
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Subject: Ernest Bevin
Description of subject: Ernest Bevin was a prominent British Labour politician and trade union leader who served as Foreign Secretary during and after World War II, playing a major role in shaping postwar Europe and the early Cold War order.

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