Pratap Chitnis, Baron Chitnis

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Pratap Chidamber Chitnis, Baron Chitnis (born May 1, 1936 in Birmingham - † July 12, 2013 ) was a British politician and life peer .

life and career

Chitnis was born on May 1, 1936 to Chidamber N. Chitnis and Lucia Mallik. His family supported the Liberals. In 1958 Pratap himself joined the Liberal Party . He attended Stonyhurst College . He later studied at the University of Birmingham , where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts , and at the University of Kansas , where he graduated with a Master of Arts .

From 1958 to 1959 he was an administrative assistant for the National Coal Board . In 1959 he was a candidate for the St Marylebone Borough Council, but was not elected. In 1960 he became head of the newly established Local Government Department of the Liberal Party Organization. He was the campaign leader of his party for the 1962 by-election in Orpington . This was a success for the party with the election of Eric Lubbock . From 1964 to 1966 Chitnis press officer was and then to 1969 Director ( Head ) of the Liberal Party organization . From 1970 to 1977 he was a member of the Community Relations Commission . For the Joseph Rowntree Social Service Trust he was 1969-1975 Secretary, and Chief Executive and Director from 1975 to 1988. He was from 1972 to 1977 a member of the BBC Asian programs Advice Committee and its Chairman ( Chairman ) from 1979 to 1983. From 1981 to 1986 Chitnis was Chairman ( Chairman ) of Refugee Action and from 1986 to 1989 of the British Refugee Council .

Chitnis is the author of several independent reports on the elections in Zimbabwe 1979 and 1980, Guyana 1980 (with Lubbock), El Salvador 1982, 1984 and 1988; and Nicaragua 1984. There he was the official representative of David Steel . He commented that the choice was not perfect, but better than before in El Salvador.

In 1985 he visited the border between Honduras and El Salvador to investigate a murder case, but was not allowed to go to the scene and returned to London .

He was the patron ( patron ) of Actors Unlimited .

Membership in the House of Lords

Chitnis was on July 18, 1977. Life peer as Baron Chitnis, of Rydale in the County of North Yorkshire appointed. He gave his inaugural address in the House of Lords on November 9, 1977. There he sat as a crossbencher .

In the 1970s he spoke on the subjects of arms aid for El Salvador , the new constitution for Zimbabwe-Rhodesia and the elections there, as well as the Indonesian invasion of East Timor and immigration issues . In the 1980s he signed up for mining in Bolivia , diplomatic representation in Nicaragua , British military aid to Belize , El Salvador, Costa Rica and Honduras , and an exchange of letters between Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega . He last spoke up on July 29, 1988.

Chitnis last lived in France and therefore no longer took part in meetings. Since June 11, 2012, he was officially on leave of absence from the House of Lords.

family

Since 1964 Chitnis was married to Anne Brand, the daughter of Frank Mansell Brand. They had a son who has already passed away.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Forgotten Liberal heroes: Pratap Chitnis publication on the Mark Pack website from April 12, 2011
  2. ↑ THE ELECTIONS IN ZIMBABWE April 1979-RHODESIA publication of the Oxford Journals ; Retrieved October 11, 2012
  3. ^ The 1980 Guyana Elections - Virtual army coup kept PNC in power Publication on the Guyana.org website ; Retrieved October 11, 2012
  4. ↑ How a lone peer sleuthed out flaws in El Salvador's election  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article of the Catholicherald of May 14, 1982@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / archive.catholicherald.co.uk  
  5. ↑ Huge vote of confidence for Sandinista's article in the Guardian, November 6, 1984
  6. ↑ Chitnis back in London  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Catholic Herald article dated October 11, 1985@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / archive.catholicherald.co.uk  
  7. ↑ Director / Producer Publication on Madhav Sharma's website ; Retrieved October 11, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Chitnis, Pratap, Baron Chitnis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chitnis, Pratap Chidamber, Baron Chitnis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British manager and life peer
DATE OF BIRTH May 1, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Birmingham
DATE OF DEATH 12th of July 2013