Annunziata Rees-Mogg

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Annunziata Mary Rees-Mogg (born March 25, 1979 in Bath , Somerset ) is a British politician . She was a member of the European Parliament until January 31, 2020 . She is a member of the Brexit Party and was elected for this in the East Midlands constituency in the course of the European elections in the United Kingdom in 2019 .

She is the sister of the incumbent Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council Jacob Rees-Mogg .

biography

Rees-Mogg was born as the daughter of the journalist William Rees-Mogg, Baron Rees-Mogg and joined the Conservative Party at the age of five. The reason she gave was that she was too young to become a member of the youth organization Young Conservatives and therefore immediately joined the party.

She finished her school education with an advanced level in history , chemistry and economics . She then decided not to go to university , but worked in various jobs in the fields of journalism, stock trading , public relations and publishing .

She opposed the Iraq War and the Hunting Act 2004 .

In the course of the British general election in 2005 , she stood as a candidate for the Conservative Party in the Aberavon constituency in Wales . She received 10.2% of the vote and was fourth out of six candidates.

In the British general election in 2010 , Rees-Mogg was selected as a Conservative candidate in the Somerton and Frome constituency . In the run-up to the election, she was given a good chance. Nevertheless, it was ultimately defeated by the incumbent of the Liberal Democrats , David Heath , with 44.5% of the vote . This won the election with 47.5% of the vote.

In April 2019, Rees-Mogg was presented as a candidate for the Brexit Party for the European elections in the United Kingdom in 2019 . After the victory of the Brexit Party, she moved into the European Parliament as a member. She gave her first speech in the Assembly on September 19, 2019, in which she accused the European Union of defrauding democracy .

In the 2019 general election, shortly before the election, she called for the Conservative Party to vote so as not to undermine Brexit because of the majority vote.

Rees-Mogg has been married to Matthew Glanville since 2010 and has two daughters, Molly and Isadora.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Hilary Rose: Annunziata Rees-Mogg: 'Should my brother be the next prime minister? No! ' In: The Times . June 3, 2019, ISSN  0140-0460 ( thetimes.co.uk [accessed October 22, 2019]).
  2. ^ Rees-Mogg: First family of fogeys. October 19, 2006, accessed October 22, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b c New Model Tories: The Cameroons are coming. September 24, 2006, accessed October 22, 2019 .
  4. ^ Profile of Annunziata Rees Mogg, the Prospective Conservative Candidate. Retrieved October 22, 2019 .
  5. ^ General Election 2010: Annunziata Rees-Mogg is proud to be true blue - Telegraph. May 4, 2010, accessed October 22, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Melissa Kite: The softly, softly fight for the women's vote at the general election . October 25, 2009, ISSN  0307-1235 ( telegraph.co.uk [accessed October 22, 2019]).
  7. ↑ GENERAL ELECTION 2010: LibDems hold Somerton and Frome. Retrieved October 22, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Nigel Farage launches Brexit Party . April 12, 2019 ( bbc.com [accessed October 22, 2019]).
  9. ↑ Annunziata Rees-Mogg says brother Jacob will be 'devastated' after Tory losses. Retrieved October 22, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Camilla Tominey: Annunziata Rees-Mogg: 'This year I lost triplets, so having another child at 40 is a blessing' . In: The Telegraph . September 20, 2019, ISSN  0307-1235 ( telegraph.co.uk [accessed October 23, 2019]).
  11. ^ Annunziata Rees-Mogg: I've campaigned as a eurosceptic since the 1990s. Don't let it be undermined now, just as real Brexit is within reach. Vote @Conservatives to secure Boris's deal and to leave the EU. In: @zatzi (Twitter). December 5, 2019, accessed December 6, 2019 .
  12. ^ Who's Jacob Rees-Mogg's sister Annunziata who's joined The Brexit Party. July 3, 2019, accessed October 22, 2019 (UK English).
personal data
SURNAME Rees-Mogg, Annunziata
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rees-Mogg, Annunziata Mary (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician, member of the European Parliament
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Bath , Somerset