Daniel Finkelstein
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The Right Honourable The Lord Finkelstein OBE |
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Finkelstein speaking in 2012
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| Born |
Daniel William Finkelstein 30 August 1962 |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | University College School |
| Alma mater |
London School of Economics City University London |
| Occupation | Journalist Politician |
| Political party |
Social Democratic Party (1981 – 1990) Conservative Party (c. 1990 – present) |
| Relatives |
Alfred Wiener (grandfather) Anthony Finkelstein (brother) Aron Finkelstein |
Daniel William Finkelstein, Baron Finkelstein, OBE (born 30 August 1962) is a British journalist and politician. He is a former executive editor of The Times, remains a weekly political columnist, and is now associate editor. He is a former chairman of Policy Exchange who was succeeded by David Frum in 2014. He was elevated to the House of Lords in August 2013, sitting as a Conservative.
Finkelstein is Jewish; his mother, Mirjam Finkelstein, was a Holocaust survivor of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, while his father Ludwik (Ludwig) Finkelstein OBE was born in Lviv, then in Poland, and became Professor of Measurement and Instrumentation at City University London. He is a grandson, via his mother, of Dr. Alfred Wiener, the Jewish activist and founder of the Wiener Library. He is the brother of Prof. Anthony Finkelstein FREng, Dean of the UCL Faculty of Engineering Sciences at University College London.
He was educated at University College School, the London School of Economics (BSc, 1984) and City University London (MSc, 1986). Daniel Finkelstein has three children: Aron, Isaac and Samuel.
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