Neil Kinnock

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Neil Kinnock is a British politician who led the Labour Party through the 1980s and early 1990s, initiating its modernization after a period of electoral defeats.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician
Member of Parliament
human
life peer
child Rachel Kinnock
Stephen Kinnock
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
dateOfBirth 1942-03-28
educatedAt Cardiff University
University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire
endTime (European Commissioner) 2004
endTime (Leader of Labour Party) 1992
endTime (Leader of the Opposition) 1992
endTime (MP for Bedwellty) 1983
endTime (MP for Islwyn) 1995
ethnicGroup Welsh
familyName Kinnock
givenName Neil
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
honorificSuffix FRSA
PC
languageSpoken English
memberOf European Commission
House of Commons of the United Kingdom
House of Lords
memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
nobleTitle Baron Kinnock
notableFor modernization of the Labour Party in the 1980s
opposition to the hard left within the Labour Party
officeContested Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
placeOfBirth Monmouthshire
Tredegar
Wales
positionHeld European Commissioner for Administrative Reform
European Commissioner for Transport
Leader of the Labour Party (UK)
Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)
Member of Parliament for Bedwellty
Member of Parliament for Islwyn
Member of the House of Lords
Vice-President of the European Commission
residence London
sexOrGender male
spouse Glenys Kinnock
startTime (European Commissioner) 1995
startTime (Leader of Labour Party) 1983
startTime (Leader of the Opposition) 1983
startTime (MP for Bedwellty) 1970
startTime (MP for Islwyn) 1983

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