Austen Albu

Austen Albu
Minister of State for Economic Affairs
In office
27 January 1965 – 7 January 1967
Prime Minister Harold Wilson
Preceded by Anthony Crosland
Succeeded by Thomas Urwin
Member of Parliament
for Edmonton
In office
13 November 1948 – 28 February 1974
Preceded by Evan Durbin
Succeeded by Ted Graham
Personal details
Born 21 September 1903
Died 23 November 1994(1994-11-23) (aged 91)
Nationality British
Political party Labour
Social Democratic Party
Spouse(s) Marie Jahoda

Austen Harry Albu (21 September 1903 – 23 November 1994)[1] was a British Jewish[2] Labour Member of Parliament for Edmonton. He first won the seat at a by-election in 1948, and held it until his retirement at the February 1974 general election. From 1965 to 1967, he was the Minister of State for Economic Affairs. He later joined the Social Democratic Party.[3]

In 1958 he married the Anglo-Austrian social psychologist Marie Jahoda.

He was also a writer with some essays, the most edited being Socialism and the study of man.

References

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)
  2. ↑ William D. Rubinstein, Michael Jolles, Hilary L. Rubinstein, The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History, Palgrave Macmillan (2011), p. 20
  3. ↑ Ivor Martin Crewe, Anthony Stephen King (1995). SDP: The Birth, Life and Death of the Social Democratic Party. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198280507.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Evan Durbin		 Member of Parliament for Edmonton
1948 – Feb. 1974		 Succeeded by
Ted Graham
Political offices
Preceded by
Anthony Crosland		 Minister of State for Economic Affairs
1965–1967		 Succeeded by
Thomas Urwin
Party political offices
Preceded by
John Parker		 Chairman of the Fabian Society
1953 – 1954		 Succeeded by
Harold Wilson


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