Paul Goggins

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Paul Gerard Goggins PC (born June 16, 1953 in Manchester , † January 7, 2014 ) was a British Labor Party politician who was a member of the House of Commons for several years and various junior ministerial posts in the Ministry of the Interior in the governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown ( Home Office ) and Northern Ireland Ministry (Northern Ireland Office) held. From 1997 until his death in the House of Commons, he represented the newly created constituency of Wythenshawe and Sale East in Manchester, which also includes Manchester Airport , and campaigned for numerous issues in his hometown, such as the restoration of standing room in the Etihad Stadium in Manchester City and the Old Trafford of Manchester United . He also advocated a reduction in the aviation tax (Air Passenger Duty) and the construction of the high-speed line HS2 ( High Speed 2 ) from London Euston to Manchester for the carriage of air passengers.

The trained social worker and former student at a Catholic seminary was an avid supporter of social policy campaigns, particularly for foster and street children , and was particularly committed to ending the rule of foster children having to leave their foster families before their 18th birthday. Goggins, who is also chairman of the Cardinal Hume -Zentrums for young homeless people in Westminster and co-founder of the bipartisan group in support of the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development CAFOD (Catholic Agency For Overseas Development) , was one of the few Labor MPs who in February Voted against the same-sex marriage bill in 2013 .

Life

Study and social worker

After attending St Bede's Roman Catholic College , Goggins began studying at Ushaw College , Durham University's Catholic seminary . However, he broke this off in 1973 and instead completed a degree in youth social work at the Birmingham Polytechnic , which he graduated with a certificate in 1976. During his studies he worked in the childcare department of the Catholic Social Service in Liverpool and from 1976 to 1984 head of a children's home in Wigan .

In addition, he completed further training in social work at the Manchester Polytechnic . Having 1984-1989 project director of the Children charity Action for Children in Salford , he was employed from 1989 to 1997. National Director of Church Action on Poverty , an ecumenical Christian organization of voluntary welfare organizations in the field of social justice and the fight against poverty in Great Britain.

He was particularly committed to ending the rule that foster children had to leave their foster families before their 18th birthday. Goggins was later also chairman of the Cardinal Hume Center for Young Homeless People in Westminster and co-founder of the non-partisan group in support of the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development CAFOD (Catholic Agency For Overseas Development) .

Member of the House of Commons

Goggins began his political career in 1990 when he was elected a Labor Party representative to the Salford City Council. After Alf Morris's previous constituency, Manchester Wythenshawa, merged into the new constituency of Wythenshawe and Sale East after the resignation of Alf Morris , Goggins was elected to the House of Commons for the first time in the general election on May 1, 1997 with a majority of 15,019 votes and almost belonged to it For 17 years until his death. At the beginning of his parliamentary membership, he became a member of the Social Security Select Committee .

In his constituency, which also includes Manchester Airport, he campaigned extensively for numerous issues in his hometown, such as the re-establishment of standing areas at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester City and at Manchester United's Old Trafford. He also advocated a reduction in the Air Passenger Duty and the construction of the HS2 (High Speed ​​2) line from Euston Station in London to Manchester for the transport of air passengers.

Promotion to Minister of State

In October 1998, he assumed his first government office as Parliamentary Private Secretary from John Denham , Minister of State in the Department of Social Security. He remained Parliamentary Private Secretary of Denham after he became Minister of State in the Ministry of Health in January 1999.

In December 2000, Goggins became Parliamentary Private Secretary to Minister for Education and Employment David Blunkett . After Blunkett became Minister of the Interior in June 2001, Goggins initially remained his Parliamentary Private Secretary before he became Parliamentary Under-Secretary in May 2003 with responsibility for penal systems and probation in the Ministry of the Interior and also remained one of Blunkett's closest collaborators in this role . He retained this function after Blunkett's resignation in December 2004 under his successor Charles Clarke and took over responsibility for serious and organized crime, volunteer work and volunteer work in addition to the areas of prison and probation within the Ministry of the Interior as Parliamentary Undersecretary of State after the lower house elections on May 5, 2005 Religious and racial equality.

In May 2006, Prime Minister Tony Blair transferred Goggins to the Northern Ireland Ministry as Parliamentary Undersecretary of State, where he was responsible for health, safety and the penal system and was one of the closest associates of Northern Ireland Minister Peter Hain . Shortly before Tony Blair handed over the post of Prime Minister to Gordon Brown in June 2007, Goggins was appointed Minister of State in the Northern Ireland Ministry. As such, he continued to be responsible for security and was instrumental in the political efforts to end the Northern Ireland conflict . Prime Minister Brown paid tribute to his services there by appointing him as Privy Counselor in 2009 .

After the Labor Party's defeat in the general election on May 6, 2010 and the associated end of Prime Minister Brown's term, Goggins supported the unsuccessful candidacy of Andy Burnham against Ed Miliband for the office of Labor Party leader. Goggins, who most recently served on the House of Commons Committee on Intelligence and Security, was one of the few Labor MPs who voted against the same-sex marriage bill in February 2013.

Goggins had been married to Wyn Bartley since 1977 and had two sons and a daughter. He died of complications from an intracerebral hemorrhage .

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SURNAME Goggins, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goggins, Paul Gerard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician (Labor), Member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Manchester
DATE OF DEATH January 7, 2014