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'''David Miliband''' (b. 1965) is the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Foreign Secretary|Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs]] and [[Labour Party]] MP for [[South Shields]].  
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'''David Miliband''' (b. 1965) was the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Foreign Secretary|Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs]] until May 2010 and [[Labour Party]] MP for [[South Shields]].  
    
Miliband is the child of Holocaust survivors—and at least 80 members of his Jewish extended family perished. He is the son of [[Marxist]] ideologue Ralph Miliband (1924-1994), he is a staunch atheist<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/2475236/Profile-of-Foreign-Secretary-David-Miliband.html Telegraph profile of David Miliband]</ref>. An intellectual, he graduated from Oxford and MIT.
 
Miliband is the child of Holocaust survivors—and at least 80 members of his Jewish extended family perished. He is the son of [[Marxist]] ideologue Ralph Miliband (1924-1994), he is a staunch atheist<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/2475236/Profile-of-Foreign-Secretary-David-Miliband.html Telegraph profile of David Miliband]</ref>. An intellectual, he graduated from Oxford and MIT.
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Miliband is strongly supportive of the [[European Union]] as a global economic and military power, eventually incorporating [[Russia]], the [[Middle East]] and [[North Africa]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7095657.stm ''EU 'should expand beyond Europe'''] - BBC News, November 15, 2007</ref>
 
Miliband is strongly supportive of the [[European Union]] as a global economic and military power, eventually incorporating [[Russia]], the [[Middle East]] and [[North Africa]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7095657.stm ''EU 'should expand beyond Europe'''] - BBC News, November 15, 2007</ref>
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Miliband's younger brother Ed Miliband also serves in Gordon Brown's cabinet, as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, making them the brothers to serve together in the British cabinet since World War II.
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Miliband's younger brother Ed Miliband also served in Gordon Brown's cabinet, as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, making them the brothers to serve together in the British cabinet since World War II. Both the Miliband brothers contend the election for the leadership of the Labour Party
    
Following [[Tony Blair]]'s resignation in 2008, Miliband was touted as a potential challenger to Gordon Brown for the leadership of the Labour Party. At the time, no challenge arose; however speculation surrounding the party leadership continued to grow.  
 
Following [[Tony Blair]]'s resignation in 2008, Miliband was touted as a potential challenger to Gordon Brown for the leadership of the Labour Party. At the time, no challenge arose; however speculation surrounding the party leadership continued to grow.  

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