Paul Murphy (British politician)
Paul Murphy ( born November 25, 1948 in Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales ) is a British Labour Party politician, who the constituency of Torfaen in the House of Commons representing since 1987 and several times minister was.
Life
MP and opposition politicians
After attending school in Pontypool studied Murphy, who already in 1963 a member of the Labour Party, at Oriel College, University of Oxford and was then first from 1970 to 1971 as a management trainee at the Co-operative wholesale society (CSW ), before he followed from 1971 was until 1987 a lecturer in politics and history at Ebbw Vale College of Further Education. At the same time, he was from 1971 to 1987 and Secretary of the Labour Party in the constituency of Torfaen and 1973-1987 Member of the Council of the County Borough of Torfaen and 1976-1986 Chairman of the Finance Committee.
In the general election in 1979 he was a candidate in the constituency of Wells for the first time, albeit unsuccessfully, for a seat in the House of Commons. In the general election on 11 June 1987, he was first elected as a member of the House of Commons, representing the constituency of Torfaen there since then.
During his long parliamentary membership, he was initially 1988-1994 spokesman for the opposition Labour Group for issue of Wales, afterwards for Northern Ireland, and in 1995 of Foreign Affairs, before he was last 1995-1997 opposition spokesman on defense, disarmament and arms control. During this time he was also between 1996 and 1997 Chairman of the Welsh Group of Labour MPs.
Ministerial posts
After the election of the Labour Party in the general election on 1 May 1997, Murphy Minister of State for Northern Ireland, and was there as the closest collaborator of the Minister Mo Mowlam in charge of the local political development until 1999. In a cabinet reshuffle, he was appointed by Prime Minister Tony Blair in July 1998 as Minister for Wales ( Secretary of State for Wales) and held this office until October 2002. He was then in a further reshuffle successor of John Reid as Minister of Northern Ireland ( Secretary of State for Northern Ireland ), while Peter Hain 's new minister for Wales was.
The Office of the Northern Ireland Minister he held until May 2005 and then took over the post of chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee ( Intelligence and Security Committee ), one by the Prime Minister occupied because of the Intelligence Services Act 1994 body to monitor the activities of British intelligence and secret services. Successor as Northern Ireland Minister Peter Hain was again. During this time, he was from 2004 to 2005 Vice- Chairman of the British - American Parliamentary Group, between 2006 and 2007 Co-Chair of the British -Irish Parliamentary Assembly, and again from 2007 to 2009 Vice- Chairman of the British - American Parliamentary Group.
In January 2008, he followed Peter Hain in the Office of the Minister for Wales and held that office until his replacement by new grove in June 2009. Subsequently, he was from 2009 to 2010 first again co-chair and is since 2010 Deputy Chairman of the British Irish Parliamentary Assembly. Since 2010 he is a member of the Joint Committee of the House of Commons and the House of Lords for national security strategies.