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Ed Miliband

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Ed Miliband · Philosophy & Social Sciences

What

Leader of the British Labour Party (2010-15), son of Polish Jewish refugees; architect of the UK's Climate Change Act as Energy Secretary.

When

24 December 1969, London, United Kingdom

Where

London, United Kingdom

Biography

Ed Miliband is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Leader of the British Labour Party (2010-15), son of Polish Jewish refugees; architect of the UK's Climate Change Act as Energy Secretary.

How & why

Son of Marion Kozak and the Marxist theorist Ralph Miliband, Polish Jewish refugees who reached Britain from the Nazis, Ed Miliband was Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when the United Kingdom passed its Climate Change Act — the first law in the world to set legally binding national carbon budgets. He led the Labour Party from 2010 to 2015, and returned to government in 2024 as Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero.

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Miliband

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Leader of the British Labour Party (2010-15), son of Polish Jewish refugees; architect of the UK's Climate Change Act as Energy Secretary.

2010

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Miliband