Background
KAUFMAN, Gerald was born on June 21, 1930. Son of Louis and Jane Kaufman.
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How to be a Minister
(When How To Be A Minister was first published in 1980, it...)
When How To Be A Minister was first published in 1980, it received rave reviews. When it was out of print, copies became as prized as gold-dust and were known to disappear from the House of Commons Library. Recommended to incoming ministers in the Thatcher and Major governments by the Cabinet Office, it is also used as a primer by overseas governments. Gerald Kaufman, former Minister and Shadow Cabinet member, brought the book up-to-date in this revised edition. It remains the most authoritative guide to the processes of government ever published as well as being uproariously funny, with an almost never-ending stream of witty one-liners and joyous and/or scurrilous anecdotes.
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Gerald Bernard KAUFMAN
Gerald KAUFMAN, British politician. Parliament. Committee of Labour Party since 1980.
Education
Leeds Grammar School and Queen"s College, Oxford.
Career
Assistant General Secretary Fabian Society 1954-1955. Political staff Daily Mirror 1955-1964. Political correspondent New Statesman 1964-1965.
Parliament.
Press Liaison, Labour Party 1965-1970. Member of Parliament for Manchester, Ardwick 1970-1983. Foreign Manchester, Gorton since 1983.
Under-Secretary of State for the Environment 1974-1975, for Industry 1975.
Minister of State, Department, of Industry 1975-1979. Minister 1980, Renewal: Labour’s Britain in the 1980’s 1983, My Life in the Silver Screen 1985, Inside the Promised Land.
Achievements
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After his re-election to the Commons in 2015, just before his 85th birthday, he became the Father of the House following the retirement of Peter Tapsell. He was knighted for services to Parliament in the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours.
Works
book
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How to be a Minister
(When How To Be A Minister was first published in 1980, it...)
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How to be a Minister
Membership
Parliament. Committee of Labour Party since 1980.
Interests
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Cinema, opera, records, theatre, concerts, traveling
Connections
- Father:
- Louis
- Mother:
- Jane Kaufman
