Aneurin Bevan

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Aneurin Bevan was a Welsh Labour politician and health minister widely regarded as the principal architect of the United Kingdom’s postwar welfare state.

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Aneurin Bevan, 1897–1945 1
Nye Bevan 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician
Labour Party politician
architect of the welfare state
health minister
human
alsoKnownAs Aneurin Bevan
surface form: Nye Bevan
areaOfInfluence housing policy
public health
social security
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
Wales
describedAs key figure in the creation of the postwar welfare state in Britain
principal architect of the UK National Health Service
ethnicGroup Welsh
familyName Bevan
fieldOfWork health policy
social policy
welfare state development
givenName Aneurin
hasOccupation orator
politician
trade unionist
ideology democratic socialism
influenced British welfare state
Labour Party social policy
influencedBy socialism
trade union movement
languageSpoken English
Welsh
memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
movement British labour movement
notableAchievement established a comprehensive National Health Service free at the point of use
principal architect of the United Kingdom’s postwar welfare state
notableFor postwar social reforms in the UK
role in founding the NHS
notableWork creation of the National Health Service
partOf Attlee government
positionHeld Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Minister of Health of the United Kingdom
Minister of Labour and National Service
workLocation London, England
surface form: London

Wales
City of Westminster
surface form: Westminster

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Aneurin Bevan alsoKnownAs Aneurin Bevan
this entity surface form: Nye Bevan
National Health Service keyFounder Aneurin Bevan
Attlee government notableMember Aneurin Bevan
Michael Foot notableWork Aneurin Bevan
this entity surface form: Aneurin Bevan, 1897–1945