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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]]. | '''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), | + | 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), and 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 emphasized in late 2009 that Britain will continue its presence in [[Afghanistan]] and that the United States and Britain share common goals there. He agrees with the McChrystal report that the situation is serious, and that NATO needs a combined security/economic/political approach. He agrees that on the need to put the Afghans in the lead of security and of political reconciliation, noting it is essential that the Afghan government governs in a clean and not corrupt way because that is vital to retain the confidence of the Afghans as well as the inter-national community. | Miliband emphasized in late 2009 that Britain will continue its presence in [[Afghanistan]] and that the United States and Britain share common goals there. He agrees with the McChrystal report that the situation is serious, and that NATO needs a combined security/economic/political approach. He agrees that on the need to put the Afghans in the lead of security and of political reconciliation, noting it is essential that the Afghan government governs in a clean and not corrupt way because that is vital to retain the confidence of the Afghans as well as the inter-national community. | ||
Revision as of 17:00, February 15, 2011
David Miliband (b. 1965) was the British 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), and is a staunch atheist[1]. An intellectual, he graduated from Oxford and MIT.
Miliband emphasized in late 2009 that Britain will continue its presence in Afghanistan and that the United States and Britain share common goals there. He agrees with the McChrystal report that the situation is serious, and that NATO needs a combined security/economic/political approach. He agrees that on the need to put the Afghans in the lead of security and of political reconciliation, noting it is essential that the Afghan government governs in a clean and not corrupt way because that is vital to retain the confidence of the Afghans as well as the inter-national community.
He wants the crisis regarding Iran and its nuclear program to be resolved with diplomacy. As for Palestine, Miliband promotes a 23-state solution (22 states of the Arab League, including Palestine, and Israel) in which a Palestinian state is developed according to 1967 borders plus or minus land swaps, with a fair settlement of refugees. In his view Jerusalem is the capital of both countries. In return, Israel gets the recognition that it craves and it deserves from the Arab world.[2]
Miliband is strongly supportive of the European Union as a global economic and military power, eventually incorporating Russia, the Middle East and North Africa.[3]
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.
Further reading
References
- ↑ Telegraph profile of David Miliband
- ↑ Lally Weymouth, "Iran Has a Very Clear Choice." Newsweek Oct 5, 2009
- ↑ EU 'should expand beyond Europe' - BBC News, November 15, 2007