Gerald Kaufman
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The Right Honourable Sir Gerald Kaufman MP |
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| Father of the House | |
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Assumed office 7 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Tapsell |
| Chair of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee | |
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In office 1992 – 2005 National Heritage Committee until 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Committee established |
| Succeeded by | John Whittingdale |
| Shadow Foreign Secretary | |
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In office 13 July 1987 – 24 July 1992 |
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| Leader | Neil Kinnock |
| Preceded by | Denis Healey |
| Succeeded by | Jack Cunningham |
| Shadow Home Secretary | |
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In office 31 October 1983 – 13 July 1987 |
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| Leader | Neil Kinnock |
| Preceded by | Roy Hattersley |
| Succeeded by | Roy Hattersley |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Environment | |
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In office 8 December 1980 – 31 October 1983 |
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| Leader | Michael Foot |
| Preceded by | Roy Hattersley |
| Succeeded by | Jack Cunningham |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment | |
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In office 8 March 1974 – 12 June 1975 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Succeeded by | Ernest Armstrong |
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Member of Parliament for Manchester Gorton |
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Assumed office 9 June 1983 |
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| Preceded by | Kenneth Marks |
| Majority | 24,079 (57.3%) |
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Member of Parliament for Manchester Ardwick |
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In office 18 June 1970 – 9 June 1983 |
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| Preceded by | Leslie Lever |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
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Gerald Bernard Kaufman 21 June 1930 Leeds, England, UK |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | Queen's College, Oxford |
| Religion | Judaism |
Sir Gerald Bernard Kaufman (born 21 June 1930) is a British Labour politician who has been a Member of Parliament (MP) since 1970, first for Manchester Ardwick and then for Manchester Gorton. He was a government minister in the 1970s and a member of the Shadow Cabinet in the 1980s. He became the current Father of the House after the retirement of Peter Tapsell in 2015. He is also the oldest sitting MP of the UK Parliament.
The youngest of seven children, Kaufman was born in Leeds to Louis and Jane Kaufman. His parents were both Jewish and came from Poland before the First World War. He was educated at Leeds Grammar School, and graduated with a degree in philosophy, politics and economics from the University of Oxford (Queen's College). During his time there, he was Secretary of the University Labour Club, where he prevented Rupert Murdoch from standing for office as he broke the Society's rule against canvassing. He was assistant general secretary of the Fabian Society from (1954–55), a lead writer on the Daily Mirror (1955–64) and a journalist on the New Statesman (1964–65). He was Parliamentary Press Liaison Officer for the Labour Party (1965–70) and eventually became a member of Prime Minister Harold Wilson's informal "kitchen cabinet".
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