Neil Kinnock
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The Right Honourable The Lord Kinnock PC |
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| Vice-President of the European Commission European Commissioner for Administrative Reform | |
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In office 16 September 1999 – 21 November 2004 |
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| President | Romano Prodi |
| Preceded by | Erkki Liikanen (Budget, Personnel and Administration) |
| Succeeded by | Siim Kallas (Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud) |
| European Commissioner for Transport | |
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In office 16 February 1995 – 16 September 1999 |
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| President |
Jacques Santer Manuel Marín (Acting) |
| Preceded by | Karel Van Miert (Transport, Credit, Investment, and Consumer Protection) |
| Succeeded by | Loyola de Palacio (Parliamentary Relations, Transport and Energy) |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
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In office 2 October 1983 – 18 July 1992 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister |
Margaret Thatcher John Major |
| Preceded by | Michael Foot |
| Succeeded by | John Smith |
| Leader of the Labour Party | |
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In office 2 October 1983 – 18 July 1992 |
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| Deputy | Roy Hattersley |
| Preceded by | Michael Foot |
| Succeeded by | John Smith |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Science | |
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In office 14 July 1979 – 2 October 1983 |
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| Leader |
James Callaghan Michael Foot |
| Preceded by | Mark Carlisle |
| Succeeded by | Giles Radice |
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Member of Parliament for Islwyn Bedwellty (1970–1983) |
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In office 18 June 1970 – 16 February 1995 |
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| Preceded by | Harold Finch |
| Succeeded by | Don Touhig |
| Personal details | |
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Neil Gordon Kinnock 28 March 1942 Tredegar, Wales, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Glenys Parry (1967–present) |
| Children |
Stephen Rachel |
| Alma mater | Cardiff University |
Neil Gordon Kinnock, Baron Kinnock PC (born 28 March 1942) is a British Labour Party politician. He served as a Member of Parliament from 1970 until 1995, first for Bedwellty and then for Islwyn. He was the Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1983 until 1992, making him the longest-serving Leader of the Opposition in British political history.
Kinnock led the Labour Party to a surprise fourth consecutive defeat in the 1992 general election, despite the party being ahead in most opinion polls, after which he resigned as leader and from the House of Commons. Three years later he became a European Commissioner. He went on to become the Vice-President of the European Commission under Romano Prodi from 1999 to 2004. Until the summer of 2009, he was also the Chairman of the British Council and the President of Cardiff University.
Kinnock, an only child, was born in Tredegar, Wales. His father Gordon Herbert Kinnock was a former coal miner who suffered from dermatitis and later worked as a labourer; and his mother Mary (Howells) Kinnock was a district nurse. Gordon died of a heart attack in November 1971 aged 64; Mary died the following month aged 61.
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