Vince Cable

John Vincent " Vince " Cable ( born May 9, 1943 in York, Yorkshire, England) is a British politician and the Liberal Democrats since May 2010 Minister for Enterprise, Innovation and Skills ( Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills ) and as such also president of the Board of Trade.

Biography

Studies, career and member of several parties

After visiting the Nunthorpe Grammar School in York, he studied natural science and economics at Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge. He then completed a post-graduate study of economics at the University of Glasgow and graduated from a Philosophiae Doctor ( Ph.D.). During his studies he was a member of the Liberal Party.

After that, he was from 1966 to 1968 Financial consultant to the Government of Kenya until he was in port 1968-1974 Lecturer at the University of Glasgow and at the London School of Economics. In 1970, he competed as a candidate of the Labour Party unsuccessfully for a seat in the lower house (House of Commons ), but was defeated Tam Galbraith, the conservative owner of the constituency Glasgow Hillhead and father of the current leader of the House of Lords Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde. Nevertheless, after some time he was a member of the city council of Glasgow.

After working as a First Secretary in the Diplomatic Service of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 1974 to 1976 and as Deputy Director of the Institute for Overseas Development ( Overseas Development Institute ), he was 1978-1979 Special Adviser to the then Commerce and Industry Minister John Smith.

In 1979 he applied for a nomination as Labour candidate for the general election in the constituency of Hampstead, but was defeated Ken Livingstone, who in turn lost to Geoffrey Finsberg at the general election in 1979.

After he was staff of the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations and, after his resignation from the Labour Party in February 1982 Member, founded a year earlier Social Democratic Party ( SDP) and unsuccessful candidate in the general election in 1983 and 1987 for this party in the constituency of York.

Political career with the Liberal Democrats

In 1988, he joined the newly formed Liberal Democrats and applied for them by the lower house elections in 1992 again unsuccessful in Twickenham constituency for a seat in the House. Most recently, he was from 1995 to 1997 working as chief economist of Royal Dutch Shell, whose staff he was since 1990.

At the general election in May 1997, he was finally first elected to the multiple unsuccessful candidacies for the Members of the House and represents since the constituency of Twickenham and was able to improve its election results from initial 45.1 percent to 54.4 percent of the votes at the general election in May 2010.

Between January 1997 and January 1999, he was also a spokesman for the Liberal Democrats for the Treasury before he was 2003 Speaker for Trade and Industry from January 1999 and October. Most recently he was from October 2003 to May 2010 chief spokesman for the Liberal Democrats for the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer so potential of his party in the event of an election victory.

Within the Liberal Democrats, he is also Vice Chairman since March 2006, and took between 15 October and 18 December 2007 this function and the function of the incumbent party chairman true. This office he then handed over to the newly elected party leader Nick Clegg.

After the conclusion of the coalition with the Conservative Party after the general election in May 2010, he was appointed by Prime Minister David Cameron on 12 May 2010 to the Minister for Enterprise, Innovation and Skills ( Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills ) appointed and thus to a of five Liberal Democrats in the cabinet Cameron. He is also President of the Board of Trade.

In this function he wants to deal with the difficult issue of the privatization of the British state by Royal Mail. In addition, he wants to regulate mergers as in the case of the confectionery company Cadbury plc design a special law called the " Cadbury Law". Secondly, the introduction of a graduate tax for the support of universities is checked.

Publications

Vince Cable is in addition also the author of numerous books on political and economic issues. His publications include:

• The Storm: The World Economic Crisis and What it Means, (Atlantic Books, 2009 ) ISBN 1-84887-057-4
• Globalisation & Global Governance, ( Thomson Learning, 1999) ISBN 0-8264-6169-7
• China and India: Economic Reform and Global Integration, ( Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1995) ISBN 1-899658-00-9
• The World's New Fissures, ( Demos, 1995) ISBN 1-898309-35-3
• Trade Blocs: The Future of Regional Integration, (The Brookings Institution, 1994) ISBN 0-905031-81-4
• Commerce of Culture: Experience of Indian Handicrafts, ( Lancer International, 1990) ISBN 81-7062-004- X
• Developing with Foreign Investment, co-editor Bishnodat Persaud ( Routledge, 1987) ISBN 0-7099-4825-5
• World Textile Trade and Production Trends, Co -author Betsy Baker ( Economist Intelligence Unit, 1983) ISBN 0-86218-084-8
• Case Studies in Development Economics, ( Heinemann Educ. , 1982) ISBN 0-435-33937-0
• British Electronics and Competition with Newly Industrial Countries Ising, co-author Jeremy Clarke ( Overseas Development Institute, 1981) ISBN 0-85003-076-5
• Evaluation of the Multi Fibre Arrangement and Negotiating Options, ( Commonwealth Secretariat, 1981) ISBN 0-85092-204-6
• British Interests and Third World Development, ( Overseas Development Institute, 1980) ISBN 0-85003-070-6
• World Textile Trade and Production, ( Economist Intelligence Unit, 1979) ISBN 0-900351-85-3
• South Asia's Exports to the EEC: Obstacles and Opportunities, co-author Ann Weston ( Overseas Development Institute, 1979) ISBN 0-85003-068-4
• World Textile Trade and Production, ( Economist Intelligence Unit, 1979) ISBN B0000EGG8M
• Import Controls: The Case Against, ( Fabian Society, 1977) ISBN 0-7163-1335-9
• Whither Kenyan Emigrants? , ( Fabian Society, 1969) ISBN 0-7163-2018-5