Natalie Bennett

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Natalie Louise Bennett (born February 10, 1966 in Sydney ) is a British politician and journalist. From September 2012 to September 2016 she was the leader of the Green Party of England and Wales .

Life

Natalie Bennett was born in Sydney, Australia into a working class family. After attending school, she completed a degree in agricultural science at the University of Sydney , which she completed with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (BAgrSc Hons). At the Australian University of New England , they also studied Asian Studies and graduated from the University of Leicester in England a master's degree in the subject of mass communication ( mass communication ).

She began to be active as a journalist in Australia. She left her home country in 1995 and then lived for 18 months in Thailand, where she worked as a volunteer in the Office of the National Commission on Women's Affairs . She had lived in the UK since 1999, where she worked as a journalist for the Guardian , the Independent and the Times .

Bennett lives in north London. Her partner, Jim Jepps, was a former Socialist Workers Party activist , but left it in 2003. She is a vegetarian and describes herself as a feminist. Bennett is now one of the more prominent British politicians and appeared as a representative of the Green parties in several national television debates in the run-up to the general election in 2015 . She speaks English with an Australian accent. When asked about her home country, she said in an interview in 2013 that she had not lived there for 18 years, had only a few contacts there and could no longer imagine going back there ( "I can't imagine going there by choice." ).

politics

Since January 1st, 2006 she has been a member of the Green Party of England and Wales . On September 3, 2012, she was elected party leader to succeed Caroline Lucas . At the time, she had only been a party member for six years. In September 2014 she was re-elected to this position. During Bennett's tenure, the membership of the Green Party rose from 13,000 to over 60,000. At the same time, instead of the hoped-for expansion of power, only the mandate of Caroline Lucas could be held in the 2015 general election .

In May 2016, Bennett announced that she would not be running for a third term in August 2016.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Paola Totaro: Natalie Bennett: From 'Jillaroo' to Green Party leader. BBC news, April 30, 2015, accessed May 12, 2015 .
  2. ↑ a b Kayte Rath: Profile: Green Party leader Natalie Bennett. BBC News, September 3, 2012, accessed May 12, 2015 .
  3. ^ Jim Jepps: Five things I learned when leaving the SWP. jimjepps.net, October 23, 2013, accessed May 12, 2015 .
  4. ^ A b Carmela Ferraro: Forces of Nature. April 7, 2013, accessed May 12, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Heather Stewart: Natalie Bennett to step down as Green party leader. In: theguardian.com. May 15, 2016, accessed May 18, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Bennett, Natalie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bennett, Natalie Louise (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician (Green Party)
DATE OF BIRTH February 10, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Sydney