Alfred Robens
Alfred Robens, Baron Robens of Woldingham (born December 18, 1910 in Manchester , † June 27, 1999 ) was a British trade union official , politician and industrial manager .
biography
Robens was initially a full-time union official of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW), the union of department store and commercial workers.
In 1945 he began his political career when he was first elected as a candidate for the Labor Party to the House of Commons . In 1951 he served for six months in the government of Prime Minister Clement Attlee as Minister of Labor and National Services.
In 1961, during the Conservative government of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, he was appointed Chairman of the National Coal Board and held this office for ten years until 1971. During this time, u. a. the Aberfan mining disaster . In 1961 he was raised to the nobility as a life peer with the title Baron Robens of Woldingham , of Woldingham in the County of Surrey, and thereby belonged to the House of Lords , the House of Lords .
literature
- Chambers Biographical Dictionary . 2002, ISBN 0-550-10051-2 , p. 1291
- Alfred Lord Robens , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 35/1968 from August 19, 1968, in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of article freely available)
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| SURNAME | Robens, Alfred |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Alfred Robens, Baron Robens of Woldingham |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Labor Party politician, House of Commons member, trade union official and industry manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 18, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Manchester |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 27, 1999 |