John Whittaker (politician)

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John Whittaker (born June 7, 1945 in Oldham , Lancashire ) is a British economist and politician with the UK Independence Party .

John Whittaker

Life

Whittaker studied atomic physics and earned a BSc in physics in London and a PhD in physics and a BA in economics from Cape Town. He has been an economist since the 1980s. Whittaker was a lecturer at the University of Cape Town for a number of years , as well as visiting lectureships at City University Business School and Nottingham University .

From July 2004 to July 2009 Whittaker was a member of the European Parliament . In 2007 Whittaker was Chairman of the UK Independence Party . He was followed in 2008 as Chairman Paul Nuttall . Today he teaches at Lancaster University for the MBA: International Money and Banking in the Department of Economics.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Entry on John Whittaker in the Members' database of the European Parliament
  2. ↑ a b c Biography ( Memento of the original from April 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the Lancaster University website @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lancaster.ac.uk
  3. ↑ Ukip faces ruin over donations , Telegraph, February 23, 2007
  4. ↑ Young new Chairman for UKIP ( Memento of 14 September 2008 at the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Whittaker, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British economist and politician (Ukip)
DATE OF BIRTH June 7, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Oldham , Lancashire