Ruth Henig, Baroness Henig

Family

Her parents were Kurt and Elfrieda Munzer, Jewish Flüchtlicnge who came from Holland to the United Kingdom 1940. She married in 1966, their fellow students Stanley Henig, the deputy in the lower house was. They have two children and were divorced in 1993. In 1994, she married Jack Johnstone.

Academic career

Henig studied at Regent College in Leicester and at Bedford College, where she in 1965 with a BA graduated in history. She received her PhD in 1978 at the Lancaster University with a PhD. in history. She was there Lecturer in Modern European History Then. She wrote several books and articles on the International History of the 20th century.

From 1997 to 2000 she was Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, and in April 2006 she was one of the first six people who was awarded honorary membership of Lancaster University.

Political career

Henig sat from 1981 to 2005 for Labour in the Regional Assembly of Lancashire and was from 1999 to 2000, the chairman. From 1995 to 2005 she was chairman of the Lancashire Constabulary and Police Authority from 1997 to 2005 chairman of the Association of Police Authorities. She was also from 2003 to 2005 a member of the National Criminal Justice Board.

In the parliamentary elections in 1992 she ran for the former seat of your husband in the constituency Lancashire, did not make it jecoh beat the seat Owner Elaine Kellett -Bowman, but you reduced the Conservative majority from 6500 to 2000 votes

Henig was awarded the CBE in 2000 and in 2002 she was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Lancashire.

On 8 June 2004 she was appointed as Baroness Henig for Life Peer.

On 20 December 2006, appointed the Home Secretary John Reid as Chairman of the Security Industry Authority.

Interests

In her spare time, Lady Henig likes to play Bridge. She is also interested in football and fan of Leicester City.