Larry Sanders (politician)
| Larry Sanders | |
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| Health Spokesperson of the Green Party | |
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Assumed office 11 February 2016 |
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| Leader |
Natalie Bennett Caroline Lucas and Jonathan Bartley |
| Preceded by | Jillian Creasy |
| Member of the Oxfordshire County Council | |
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In office 2005–2013 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Lawrence Sanders 25 April 1935 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
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Democratic (U.S.) |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret (deceased 1983) |
| Domestic partner | Janet Hall (since 1998) |
| Children |
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| Relatives | Bernie Sanders (brother) |
| Alma mater | |
Lawrence "Larry" Sanders (born 25 April 1935) is an American-British academic, social worker, and Health Spokesperson of the Green Party of England and Wales. Sanders is the elder brother of United States Senator and former 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.
Larry Sanders was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Dorothy (née Glassberg) and Eli Sanders. Sanders' father was a Jewish immigrant whose family was killed in the Holocaust, while his mother was born in New York City, to Jewish immigrant parents, on 2 October 1912. His father Eli – born in Słopnice, Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now part of modern-day Poland) on 19 September 1904 – emigrated from his birthplace to America in 1921 aged 17, and supported his family by selling paint. Sanders describes his childhood as, the family never lacked for food or clothing, but major purchases, "like curtains or a rug", were difficult to afford. Sanders' mother died in June 1959 at the age of 46. Sanders' father later died on 4 August 1962, at the age of 57. According to Sanders, both he and his younger brother attended James Madison High School in Brooklyn. Sanders described both of them as post-World War II, young Jewish radicals, but were part of the crowd, not yet leaders.
Sanders attended Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, received his J.D. degree from Harvard Law School and obtained a master's degree in social work from the University of Oxford.
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