Alfred Robens, Baron Robens of Woldingham

Alfred Robens, Baron Robens of Woldingham ( born December 18, 1910 in Manchester, † June 27, 1999 ) was a British trade union official, politician and industrial manager.

Biography

Robens worked as a full-time union official of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers ( Usdaw ), the union of the department store and commercial employees.

In 1945, he began his political career when he was first elected as a Labour candidate for the Members of the House. In 1951 he was a member for six months the government of Prime Minister Clement Attlee as Minister of Labour and National Services.

In 1961 he was appointed during the Conservative government of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan to the Chief Executive Officer ( Chairman ) of the National carbon Authority ( National Coal Board ) and held that post ten years until 1971. During this time passed, inter alia, mining disaster in Aberfan. In 1961, he was raised as a life peer with the title " Baron Robens of Woldingham " to the peerage, and was thereby the House of Lords, the upper house of.

Swell

  • " Chambers Biographical Dictionary ", p 1291, 2002, ISBN 0-550-10051-2
  • Unionists ( United Kingdom)
  • Labour Member
  • Member of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)
  • Minister (United Kingdom)
  • Life peer
  • Member of the House of Lords
  • Briton
  • Born 1910
  • Died in 1999
  • Man
  • Politicians ( 20th century)
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