Colin Moynihan, 4th Baron Moynihan

Colin Moynihan, 4th Baron Moynihan

Colin Berkeley Moynihan, 4th Baron Moynihan (born September 13, 1955 in Surrey ) is a British rower , manager and politician of the Conservative Party , who won the gold medal at the 1978 World Rowing Championships and the silver medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics won and as a politician was a member of the House of Commons for nine years and a member of the House of Lords since 1997 , where he is one of the hereditary peers who were elected representatives of the hereditary nobility based on the House of Lords Act 1999 . From 2005 to 2012 he was chairman of the British Olympic Association (BOA).

Life

Family and career

Moynihan comes from the Moynihan family and was a grandson of Berkeley Moynihan , who was President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England between 1926 and 1932 and who was given the title of Baronet , of Carr Manor in 1922 and the title of Baron Moynihan in 1929 . His successor was his father Patrick Moynihan , who in 1936 inherited the title and 1949-1950 Executive Chairman (Chairman) of the Liberal Party was. After his death, he was followed in 1965 by Antony Moynihan , a son from his first marriage.

He attended Monmouth School and studied philosophy , political science and economics at the University College of the University of Oxford . In 1977 he took part in the Boat Race . In the same year he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA), and in 1982 with a Master of Arts (MA). In 1978, Colin Moynihan began his professional career as assistant to the board of directors at the food company Tate & Lyle and was subsequently manager of this company between 1980 and 1982 and also chief executive officer (CEO) of Ridgways Tea & Coffee Merchants.

Olympian and sports official

In addition to his professional career, he was a helmsman on the team of eight of the British national rowing team and won the silver medal with him at the 1978 World Rowing Championships on Lake Karapiro in Hamilton, New Zealand . After this performance he became Freeman of the City of London . In the rowing competitions at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow , he achieved the silver medal with the eighth after the team of the GDR . He won another silver medal at the World Rowing Championships in 1981 on the Oberschleißheim regatta course near Munich .

In addition to his athletic career, Moynihan became involved as a sports official at an early stage and was, among other things, secretary of the Committee for Popular Sports at the Central Council of Physical Recreation ( CCPR ) and a member of the board of directors of the British Boxing Board from 1979 to 1987 of Control) . He also served from 1980 to 1982 as governor of the Foundation for Sports Aid for London and Southern England, and from 1980 to 1983 as a trustee of the boat clubs of the University of Oxford OUBC (Oxford University Boat Club) . He was also secretary of the CCPR's Commission of Inquiry into Sports Promotion from 1982 to 1983, and from 1982 to 1985 a member of the Sports Council, the forerunner of UK Sport, and from 1983 to 1987 Trustee of the Sports Aid Trust.

Member of the House of Commons and Minister of Sport

After ending his sporting career Moynihan was that from 1980 to 1981 member of the Executive Committee of the conservative Tories of Paddington was in the lower house elections on 9 June 1983 first elected as an MP in the House of Commons as a candidate of the Conservative Party and represented in this the constituency of Lewisham East until his defeat by the Labor Party candidate , Bridget Prentice , in the April 9, 1992 elections . At times he was vice-chairman of the sports committee of the backbenchers of the Conservative Party.

Shortly thereafter, he was political assistant to Secretary of State Geoffrey Howe for some time in 1983, as well as the bipartisan parliamentary group for Afghanistan in 1984 and chairman of the industry committee of the Bow Group , the UK's oldest conservative think tank, between 1985 and 1987 . In 1985 he was also secretary of the Conservative Party's Committee on Foreign and Affairs of the Commonwealth of Nations .

In addition, Moynihan was also Parliamentary Private Secretary to Paymaster General Kenneth Clarke between 1986 and 1987 . He then succeeded Richard Tracey as Minister of Sport in the government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on June 22, 1987 as Parliamentary Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of the Environment and held this post until he was replaced by Robert Atkins on July 26, 1990. He then served from 1990 until 1992 Parliamentary Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Energy.

In addition to these government offices, Moynihan, who chaired the Government Working Group on Urban Sports and Recreation in 1988, chaired the Government Examination Group on Disabled Sports in 1989, and chaired the Government Advisory Group on Renewable Energy between 1991 and 1997 . In 1991 he was one of the founding members of the Worldwatch Institute for Europe .

House of Lords and Economic Manager

After the death of his half-brother Antony Moynihan in 1991 and his departure from the House of Commons in 1992, Moynihan claimed the title of Baron Moynihan for himself. After a long legal battle, the Committee for Privileges of the House of Lords finally confirmed his title in 1997 and accepted him as the 4th Baron Moynihan as a member of the House of Lords. With the entry into force of the House of Lords Act 1999 he was one of the upper house members who were elected from the circle of hereditary peers , who were elected as their representatives to members of the upper house. During his membership in the House of Lords he was from 1997 to 2000 spokesman for the opposition Tory parliamentary group for foreign affairs and affairs of the Commonwealth of Nations and later from 2003 to 2005 "Minister of Sport" in the shadow cabinet of his party.

In addition to his political career, Lord Moynihan, who was director of the Canterbury Festival from 1999 to 2001 , has held several positions in the private sector since the mid-1990s and was co-managing director of Independent Power Corp plc from 1996 to 2001. In addition, he was temporarily a member of the board of the Rowan group of companies and, from 1999 to 2003, chairman and managing director of the Consort Resources group of companies. He was also CEO of Clipper Windpower from 2001 to 2007, Chairman of the Board of Spectron Group plc from 2004 to 2005 and Chairman of the Board of Pelamis Wave Power from 2005 to 2011 .

In addition, Lord Moynihan, who is also a member of the Livery Company of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers , continued to be involved in British sport and from 2005 was Chairman of the British Olympic Association (BOA) as well as a member of the Organizing Committee for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London ( London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games ). In November 2012 he ceded the chairmanship of the BOA to Sebastian Coe .

Web links

• Entry on Parliament's homepage
• Colin Moynihan at Hansard (English)
• Entry in They Work For You (accessed November 23, 2012)
• Entry in They Work For You (accessed November 25, 2012)
• Biography in Debrett's (accessed November 25, 2012)
• Cracroft's Peerage

predecessor	Office	successor
Title dormant (until 1991 Antony Moynihan )	Baron Moynihan 1997 – present	current owner of the title