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Distance is a 2001 film by Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda, starring Arata, Tadanobu Asano, Yūsuke Iseya, Susumu Terajima, and Yui Natsukawa.
Plot
Three years ago, members of a cult sabotaged Tokyo's water supply, killing hundreds and poisoning thousands, before committing mass suicide on the outskirts of town and... | {"Directed by": "Hirokazu Kore-eda", "Produced by": "Masayuki Akieda", "Written by": "Hirokazu Kore-eda", "Starring": "ArataYūsuke IseyaSusumu TerajimaYui Natsukawa", "Cinematography": "Yutaka Yamasaki", "Edited by": "Hirokazu Kore-eda"} |
Stephen Boyd (born William Millar; 4 July 1931 - 2 June 1977) was a Northern Irish actor. He appeared in some 60 films, most notably as the villainous Messala in Ben-Hur (1959), a role that earned him the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture. He received his second Golden Globe Award nominatio... | {"Name": "Stephen Boyd", "Caption": "Boyd in 1961", "Birth date": "1931 07 04 y", "Birth place": "Whitehouse, Northern Ireland", "Death date": "1977 06 02 1931 07 04 y", "Death place": "Northridge, Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Birth name": "William Millar", "Years active": "1955-1977", "Occupation": "Actor", "Resti... |
Isle de France () was a French colony in the Indian Ocean from 1715 to 1810, comprising the island now known as Mauritius and its dependent territories. It was governed by the French East India Company and formed part of the French colonial empire. Under the French, the island witnessed major changes. The increasing im... | {"Conventional long name": "Isle de France", "Capital": "Port Louis", "National motto": "\"Stella Clavisque Maris Indici\"2(Latin)\"Star and Key of the Indian Ocean\"", "Common languages": "FrenchMauritian Creole", "Leader 1": "Louis XV", "Representative 1": "Denis, chevalier de Nyon", "Representative 1 years": "1721-1... |
Ballyclare ()Place Names NI is a small town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 9,953 according to the 2011 census, 30px This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright. and is located within the Antrim and Newtownab... | {"Irish grid reference": "J312903", "Population": "(2011 Census)", "District": "Antrim and Newtownabbey", "County": "County Antrim", "NI Assembly": "South Antrim", "Sovereign state": "Northern Ireland", "Postcode district": "BT39", "Dialling code": "028", "UK Parliament": "South Antrim"} |
Vincennes (, ) is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Vincennes is famous of its castle: the Château de Vincennes. It is next to but does not include the Bois de Vincennes, from which it took its name, which is attached to the city o... | {"Name": "Vincennes", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Image": "Vincennes - Hotel de ville (1).JPG", "Caption": "Vincennes city hall", "Coordinates": "48.8478 2.4392 dms inline,title", "Arrondissement": "Nogent-sur-Marne", "Canton": "Vincennes and Fontenay-sous-Bois", "Postal code": "94300", "Mayor": "Charlotte Libert-Alb... |
The Wabash River (French: Ouabache) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed May 13, 2011 river that drains most of the state of Indiana in the United States. It flows from the headwaters in Ohio, near the Indiana border, then southwest across... | {"Location": "Ohio River near Shawneetown, Illinois", "Basin size": "33100 sqmi km2 on", "Progression": "Wabash River → Ohio → Mississippi → Gulf of Mexico", "Left": "Salamonie River, Mississinewa River, Wildcat Creek, Sugar Creek, Big Raccoon Creek, White River, Patoka River", "Right": "Little River, Eel River, Tippec... |
Giovanni Braschi (27 February 1891 - 4 January 1959) was an Italian politician and lawyer.
Biography
He was born into a Catholic family of timber traders, attended secondary schools in Cesena and high school studies in Faenza; in July 1919 he graduated in law at the University of Bologna with a thesis on the concept o... | {"Name": "Giovanni Braschi", "Term start": "6 July 1955", "Term end": "15 May 1957", "Office 2": "Member of the Constituent Assembly", "Birth date": "y 1891 2 27", "Birth place": "Mercato Saraceno, Italy", "Death date": "y 1959 1 4 1891 2 27", "Death place": "Faenza, Italy", "Nationality": "Italian", "Alma mater": "Uni... |
Dungiven () is a small town, townland and civil parish in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is near the main A6 Belfast to Derry road, which bypasses the town. It lies where the rivers Roe, Owenreagh and Owenbeg meet at the foot of the Benbradagh. Nearby is the Glenshane Pass, where the road rises to over . It ... | {"Population": "(2021 Census)", "Irish grid reference": "C689024", "District": "Causeway Coast and Glens", "Sovereign state": "Northern Ireland", "Postcode district": "BT47", "Dialling code": "028", "UK Parliament": "East Londonderry", "NI Assembly": "East Londonderry", "County": "County Londonderry"} |
The Lebel Model 1886 rifle (French: Fusil Modèle 1886 dit "Fusil Lebel") also known as the "Fusil Mle 1886 M93", after a bolt modification was added in 1893, is an 8 mm bolt-action infantry rifle that entered service in the French Army in 1887. It is a repeating rifle that can hold eight rounds in its fore-stock tube m... | {"Place of origin": "French Third Republic", "Type": "Bolt-action rifle", "Sights": "U-notch and front post", "In service": "1887-1945 (France)1945-present (Limited usage)", "Used by": "See Users", "Wars": "Boxer RebellionFrench colonial expeditionsFirst Italo-Ethiopian WarGreco-Turkish War (1919-1922)Monegasque Revolu... |
Niurka Marcos Calle (born 24 November 1967) is a Cuban-born Mexican vedette, actress, dancer and singer.
Personal life
Marcos was born in Havana, Cuba to Carmelo Marcos, a Cuban navy major, and Salustiana "Celeste" Calle, a housewife. She has five siblings: Martha, Maribel, Thomas, María del Carmen, and Ernesto.
In 2... | {"Name": "Niurka Marcos", "Caption": "Marcos in Union City, New Jersey during the 2010 North Hudson Cuban Day Parade", "Birth name": "Niurka Marcos Calle", "Birth date": "1967 11 24 yhttps://lavibra.com/2022/11/25/niurka-marcos-celebro-55-anos-de-edad-con-varios-mensajes-en-instagram-soy-bendita/ Niurka Marcos celebró... |
Virgin Media One, also called Virgin One, is an Irish free-to-air television channel owned by Virgin Media Ireland (part of Liberty Global), operated through its subsidiary Virgin Media Television. The channel launched on 20 September 1998, as TV Three, becoming Ireland's fourth television channel and the first commerc... | {"Launched": "1998 09 20 yes", "Timeshift": "Virgin Media One +1", "Former names": "TV Three (1998-2006)TV3 (2006-2018)", "Website": "http://www.virginmediatelevision.ie/", "Sister channels": "Virgin Media Two Virgin Media Three Virgin Media More Virgin Media Four", "Network": "Virgin Media Television", "Owner": "Virg... |
ezboard, Inc., based in San Francisco, California, United States, was a provider of free and paid hosted Internet forums.
Description
ezboard was a provider of a free hosted message board for use by webmasters and message board administrators who have little to no experience running a web site. Along with having prema... | {"Commercial": "Yes", "Registration": "Required", "Created by": "Vanchau Nguyen", "Current status": "Defunct"} |
TV3 () is the primary television channel of Catalan public broadcaster Televisió de Catalunya, a subsidiary of the CCMA. TV3 broadcasts programmes only in Catalan, with an optional dual track in the original language for some foreign-language series and movies, although Spanish is not dubbed or subtitled (for example d... | {"Launched": "1983 9 10 y (trial broadcasts)\n1984 1 16 y (regular programming)", "Picture format": "1080i HDTV(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)", "Owner": "Televisió de Catalunya", "Country": "Catalonia", "Language(s)": "Catalan, Aranese (in Val d'Aran)", "Broadcast area": "Catalonia, Andorra, Northern Catal... |
SVT1 (SVT Ett; commonly referred to as Ettan) is the primary television station of the Swedish public service broadcaster Sveriges Television in Sweden.
History
Television in Sweden officially launched on 4 September 1956 with the launch of Radiotjänst TV, which was renamed Sveriges Radio TV a year later. It would tak... | {"Launched": "1956 09 04 y", "Owner": "Sveriges Television", "Country": "Sweden", "Language(s)": "Swedish (main; foreign language programmes shown in original language but with Swedish subtitles)", "Broadcast area": "National; also distributed in Norway, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Poland and via satellite across Europe... |
SVT2 (SVT Två; commonly referred to as Tvåan), is one of the two main television channels broadcast by Sveriges Television in Sweden.
Launched in 1969 by Sveriges Radio, the channel was until the 1990s the most watched in Sweden for many years, but now serves as SVT's specialist television network, carrying more highb... | {"Launched": "1969 12 05 y", "Owner": "Sveriges Television", "Country": "Sweden", "Language(s)": "SwedishFinnishNorthern SamiSwedish Sign Language", "Former names": "TV2 (1969-1996)", "Website": "http://www.svt.se/", "Picture format": "576i (SDTV) (1969-)720p (HDTV) (2010-)", "Sister channels": "SVT1, SVT Barn, SVTK, S... |
Wuxi (, ) is a city in southern Jiangsu province, eastern China, by car to the northwest of downtown Shanghai, between Changzhou and Suzhou, and one of the central cities in the Yangtze River Delta. It is the ancient founding capital of the state of Wu, the birthplace of Wu culture and the . As of the 2020 census, the... | {"Density": "auto", "Metro density": "auto", "Urban density": "auto", "ISO 3166 code": "CN-JS-02", "Website": "www.wuxi.gov.cn"} |
The White River is an American two-forked river that flows through central and southern Indiana and is the main tributary to the Wabash River. Via the west fork, considered to be the main stem of the river by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, the White River is long.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Data... | {"Mouth": "Wabash River", "Location": "Gibson County, Indiana, opposite Mount Carmel, Illinois", "Coordinates": "38.4142134 -87.7425280", "Progression": "Wabash → Ohio → Mississippi → Gulf of Mexico", "Basin size": "5,746 sqmi km2 on"} |
ZTV was a Swedish television channel owned by Viasat. Launched in February 1991, as a daily afternoon show on TV3 and TV4, it became a channel of its own on Swedish cable networks in May 1992. The intention was to create a Swedish version of MTV and thus the focus was primarily on music, but also had their own comedy-o... | {"Launched": "1 May 1992", "Closed": "1 August 2010", "Replaced by": "TV6", "Owner": "Modern Times Group/Viasat", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Broadcast area": "Sweden", "Sister channels": "TV3, TV6, TV8, Viasat Sport", "Website": "http://www.ztv.se/"} |
Fortress Besieged (Traditional Chinese: 圍城; Simplified Chinese: 围城; Pinyin: Wéichéng) is a Chinese satirical novel written by Qian Zhongshu (Ch'ien Chung-shu), first published in 1947, and widely considered one of the masterpieces of twentieth century Chinese literature. The novel is a humorous tale about middle-class... | {"Country": "China", "Language": "Chinese", "Media type": "Print (Hardback & Paperback)", "ISBN": "(2006 Penguin edition)"} |
Christopher Bryan Moneymaker (born November 21, 1975), is an American poker player who won the Main Event at the 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP). His 2003 win is said to have revolutionized poker because he was the first person to become a world champion after qualifying at an online poker site. This has been referre... | {"Residence": "Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.", "Born": "Atlanta, Georgia, U.S", "Bracelet(s)": "1CHRIS MONEYMAKER - LAKELAND, TN, UNITED STATES - WSOP.com http://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerID=129 www.wsop.com", "Money finish(es)": "3Chris Moneymaker's profile on The Hendon Mob http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/p... |
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The Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party (, PDCS) is a Christian-democratic political party in San Marino.
The PDCS is an observer member of the European People's Party (EPP), having joined the EPP in 1993. Its Italian counterpart was th... | {"Abbreviation": "Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party", "Leader": "Gian Carlo Venturini", "Founded": "1948 4 9 yes", "Ideology": "Christian democracyhttp://www.parties-and-elections.eu/sanmarino.html San Marino Parties and Elections in Europe Wolfram Nordsieck 2019 12 January 2020", "Headquarters": "Via delle Scalet... |
The Sammarinese Socialist Party (, PSS) was a socialist and, later, social-democratic political party in San Marino. Its Italian counterpart was the Italian Socialist Party and its international affiliation was with the Socialist International.
There was a previous party of the same name existing from 1892 until 1926 ... | {"Founded": "1892", "Merged into": "Party of Socialists and Democrats", "Ideology": "Social democracyhttp://www.parties-and-elections.de/sanmarino.html https://web.archive.org/web/20050914171646/http://www.parties-and-elections.de:80/sanmarino.html 14 September 2005 dead San Marino Parties and Elections in Europe 2008 ... |
The Peoples Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Nigeria, along with its main rival, the All Progressives Congress.
Its policies generally lie towards the centre-right of the political spectrum. It won every presidential election between 1999 and 2011 and was, until the 2015 elec... | {"Founded": "1998", "Headquarters": "Wadata Plaza, Michael Okpara Way, Wuse Zone 5, Abuja", "Slogan": "Power to the people", "Ideology": "Conservative liberalism", "Political position": "Centre-right", "Regional affiliation": "Democrat Union of Africa"} |
The Party of Democrats (, PD) was a social-democratic and democratic socialist political party in San Marino. Its counterpart in Italy was the Democrats of the Left.
The PD had its origins in Sammarinese Communist Party (PCS), which had changed its name to the Sammarinese Democratic Progressive Party (PPDS) in 1990. O... | {"Founded": "25 March 2001", "Merged into": "Party of Socialists and Democrats", "Merger of": "PPDS, leftists", "Ideology": "Social democracy Democratic socialism", "International affiliation": "Socialist International", "Political position": "Centre-left"} |
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is a portal fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis, published by Geoffrey Bles in 1952. It was the third published of seven novels in The Chronicles of Narnia (1950-1956). Macmillan US published an American edition within the calendar year. with substantial revisions that were retained... | {"Cover artist": "Pauline Baynes", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Series": "The Chronicles of Narnia", "Publisher": "Geoffrey Bles", "Media type": "Print (hardcover)", "Pages": "223 pp (first edition)\n\"Bibliography: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader\". ISFDB. Retrieved 8 December 2012.52,038 words ... |
The Silver Chair is a children's portal fantasy novel by C. S. Lewis, published by Geoffrey Bles in 1953. It was the fourth published of seven novels in The Chronicles of Narnia (1950-1956); it is volume six in recent editions, which are sequenced according to Narnian history. Like the others, it was illustrated by Pau... | {"Cover artist": "Pauline Baynes", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Series": "The Chronicles of Narnia", "Publisher": "Geoffrey Bles", "Media type": "Print (hardcover)", "Pages": "217 (first edition)\n\"Bibliography: The Silver Chair\". ISFDB. Retrieved 8 December 2012.51,022 words (US)Scholastic Ca... |
Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet (9 August 1737 - 8 April 1820) was the British colonial governor of New Hampshire at the time of the American Revolution. He was later also Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia. He is buried in the crypt of St. Paul's Church in Halifax.
Early years
thumb|left|Wentworth by John Singleton ... | {"Name": "John Wentworth", "Image caption": "Wentworth by Robert Field, (Government House (Nova Scotia))", "Term start": "1767", "Term end": "1775", "Office 2": "Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Nova Scotia", "Predecessor 2": "John Parr", "Successor 2": "Sir George Prévost", "Monarch 2": "George III", "Birth date... |
Aslan Abashidze (; born July 20, 1938) is the former leader of the Ajarian Autonomous Republic in western Georgia. He served in this capacity from 18 August 1991 to May 5, 2004. He resigned under the pressure of the central Georgian government and mass opposition rallies during the 2004 Adjara crisis, and has since liv... | {"Name": "Aslan Abashidze", "Native name": "ასლან აბაშიძე", "Native name language": "ka", "Nationality": "Soviet (1938-1991)Georgian (1991-)", "Term start": "18 August 1991", "Term end": "5 May 2004", "Office 2": "Chairman of Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara", "Predecessor 2": "Position established"... |
James Gray, CStJ (born 7 November 1954) is a British politician who has served as the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for North Wiltshire since 1997.
Early life
Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Gray is the eldest son of Very Rev Dr John Rodger Gray, Minister of Dunblane Cathedral and the 1977 Moderator of the Genera... | {"Name": "James Gray", "Office 2": "Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland", "Leader 2": "Michael Howard", "Predecessor 2": "Peter Duncan", "Successor 2": "Eleanor Laing", "Birth date": "1954 11 7 yes", "Birth place": "Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland", "Alma mater": "University of GlasgowChrist Church, Oxford"} |
thumb|Grayling as Shadow Home Secretary in 2009
Christopher Stephen Grayling (born 1 April 1962) is a British Conservative Party politician and author who served as Secretary of State for Transport from 2016 to 2019. He has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Epsom and Ewell since 2001. Grayling previously worked i... | {"Name": "Chris Grayling", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2020", "Office 2": "Leader of the House of Commons", "Prime minister 2": "David Cameron", "Predecessor 2": "William Hague", "Successor 2": "David Lidington", "Birth name": "Christopher Stephen Grayling", "Birth date": "1962 4 1 y", "Birth place": "London, ... |
John Robert Greenway (born 15 February 1946) is a former British politician who sat as the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Ryedale from 1987 until the constituency's abolition in 2010.
Early life
John Greenway was born in Northwich, Cheshire and was educated locally at the Sir John Deane's Grammar School an... | {"Name": "John Greenway", "Term start": "11 June 1987", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Birth date": "yes 1946 02 15", "Birth place": "Northwich, Cheshire, England", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Sylvia Ann Gant"} |
Dominic Charles Roberts Grieve (born 24 May 1956) is a British barrister and former politician who served as Shadow Home Secretary from 2008 to 2009 and Attorney General for England and Wales from 2010 to 2014. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Beaconsfield from 1997 to 2019 and was the Chair of the Inte... | {"Name": "Dominic Grieve", "Term start": "15 September 2015", "Term end": "6 November 2019", "Office 2": "Shadow Secretary of State for Justice", "Leader 2": "David Cameron", "Predecessor 2": "Nick Herbert", "Successor 2": "Jack Straw", "Birth date": "1956 5 24 y", "Birth place": "Lambeth, London, England", "Other poli... |
Jane Patricia Griffiths (born 17 April 1954) is a British linguist and politician. She was elected as the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for the Reading East parliamentary constituency at the 1997 general election. In 2004, Griffiths was deselected as the Labour candidate for Reading East by her local party. Conseque... | {"Name": "Jane Griffiths", "Term start": "2 May 1997", "Term end": "11 April 2005", "Birth date": "1954 4 17 y", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Andrew Tattersall", "Alma mater": "University of Durham", "Official website": "Jane Griffiths' blog"} |
Nigel Griffiths (born 20 May 1955) is a British Labour Party politician, and former Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh South from 1987 to 2010.
Early life
Nigel Griffiths was educated at Hawick High School in the Scottish Borders before attending the University of Edinburgh where he was awarded an MA in 1977. He ... | {"Name": "Nigel Griffiths", "Term start": "10 May 2005", "Term end": "13 March 2007", "Prime minister 2": "Tony Blair", "Predecessor 2": "John Taylor", "Successor 2": "Kim Howells", "Birth date": "yes 1955 05 20", "Birth place": "Glasgow, Scotland", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Sally McLaughlin", "Alma mater... |
Winston James Griffiths, OBE (born 11 February 1943), known as Win Griffiths, is a former teacher and politician, who served as a Member of the European Parliament for South Wales from 1979 to 1989 and as member of parliament for Bridgend from 1987 to 2005 for the Labour Party.
He held a number of front bench roles in... | {"Name": "Win Griffiths", "Term start": "11 June 1987", "Term end": "11 April 2005", "Office 2": "Member of the European Parliament for South Wales", "Predecessor 2": "Constituency Created", "Successor 2": "Wayne David", "Birth date": "1943 02 11 yes", "Nationality": "British"} |
John Timothy Grogan (born 24 February 1961) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Selby between 1997 and 2010 and for Keighley between 2017 and 2019. He is currently chair of the Mongolian-British Chamber of Commerce (MBCC).
In November 2022, he was elected by members as the p... | {"Name": "John Grogan", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2017", "Term start": "8 June 2017", "Term end": "6 November 2019", "Birth date": "yes 1961 02 24", "Birth place": "Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England", "Nationality": "British", "Residence": "Burley in Wharfedale, West Yorkshire, Englandhttp://www.kei... |
Paul Alexander Cyril Goodman (born 17 November 1959) is an English journalist and Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wycombe from 2001 to 2010, during which time he was a Shadow Minister shadowing the Department for Communities and Local Government. He is now the editor of the centr... | {"Name": "Paul Goodman", "Term start": "7 June 2001", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Birth date": "yes 1959 11 17", "Birth place": "London, England", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Fiona Mary Ann Gill", "Residence": "High Wycombe", "Alma mater": "University of York"} |
Jiangyin (, Jiangyin dialect: ) is a county-level city on the southern bank of the Yangtze River, and is administered by Wuxi, Jiangsu province. Jiangyin is one of the most important transport hubs on the Yangtze River, it is also one of the most developed counties in China. With 1,595,138 inhabitants as of the 2010 ce... | {"Density": "auto", "Metro density": "auto", "Urban density": "auto", "Website": "www.jiangyin.gov.cn"} |
Helen Margaret Jackson CBE (née Price, born 19 May 1939) is a British former Labour politician.
Early life
She attended the independent Berkhamsted School for Girls and read Modern History at St Hilda's College, Oxford, graduating from Oxford University in 1960, and then the C.F. Mott College of Education (which later... | {"Name": "Helen Jackson", "Term start": "10 April 1992", "Term end": "11 April 2005", "Birth date": "1939 05 19 yes", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Keith Jackson (divorced)", "Alma mater": "St Hilda's College, Oxford"} |
David Charles Jamieson (born 18 May 1947) is a British politician who served as the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner from 2014 to 2021. A member of the Labour Party, he was previously the Member of Parliament (MP) for Plymouth Devonport from 1992 to 2005 and a Solihull Metropolitan Borough Councillor from 20... | {"Name": "David Jamieson", "Term start": "22 August 2014", "Term end": "12 May 2021", "Office 2": "Lord Commissioner of the Treasury", "Prime minister 2": "Tony Blair", "Predecessor 2": "Jon Owen Jones", "Successor 2": "Nick Ainger", "Birth name": "David Charles Jamieson", "Birth date": "1947 05 18 yes", "Birth place":... |
Sir Bernard Christison Jenkin (born 9 April 1959) is a British Conservative Party politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Harwich and North Essex since 2010. He also serves as chair of the Liaison Committee. He was first elected to represent Colchester North in 1992, and went on to represent North Essex bef... | {"Name": "Bernard Jenkin", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2019", "Office 2": "Chair of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select CommitteeAs chair of the Public Administration Committee from 2010 to May 2015.", "Predecessor 2": "Tony Wright", "Successor 2": "William Wragg", "Birth date": "1959 4... |
Melanie Jane Johnson (born 5 February 1955) is a Labour politician in the United Kingdom.
Early life
Johnson was born in Ipswich. She attended the Independent Clifton High School in Clifton, Bristol. Leaving Bristol for London, she studied at University College London, gaining a BA in Philosophy and Ancient Greek (19... | {"Name": "Melanie Johnson", "Image": "Melanie Johnson.JPG", "Image caption": "Johnson in March 2009", "Term start": "13 June 2003", "Term end": "10 May 2005", "Office 2": "Economic Secretary to the Treasury", "Prime minister 2": "Tony Blair", "Predecessor 2": "Patricia Hewitt", "Successor 2": "Ruth Kelly", "Birth date"... |
Helen Mary Jones (born 24 December 1954) is a British Labour politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Warrington North from 1997 to 2019.
Jones has served as Shadow Minister for Communities and Local Government and Shadow Home Office Minister.
Early life
Jones was born and brought up in Chester, the daugh... | {"Name": "Helen Jones", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2017", "Term start": "17 June 2015", "Term end": "5 November 2019", "Office 2": "Vice-Chamberlain of the Household", "Predecessor 2": "Claire Ward", "Successor 2": "Mark Francois", "Prime minister 2": "Gordon Brown", "Birth date": "1954 12 24 yes", "Birth pla... |
Kevan David Jones (born 25 April 1964) is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Durham since 2001. He served as a defence minister under Gordon Brown, and resigned as a shadow defence minister in January 2016 in protest against a front bench reshuffle by Labour leader ... | {"Name": "Kevan Jones", "Term start": "12 May 2010", "Term end": "6 January 2016", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for North Durham", "Majority 2": "4,742 (11.2%)", "Predecessor 2": "Giles Radice", "Birth name": "Kevan David Jones", "Birth date": "1964 04 25 yes", "Birth place": "Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England", ... |
Martyn David Jones (born 1 March 1947) is a former British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Clwyd South from 1987 until his retirement at the 2010 general election.
Early life
Born in Wrexham, he attended Grove Park Grammar School (now Rhosnesni High School) on Penymaes Avenue in Wrexh... | {"Name": "Martyn Jones", "Term start": "12 June 1987", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Birth date": "yes 1947 03 1", "Birth place": "Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales", "Nationality": "British"} |
Nigel David Jones, Baron Jones of Cheltenham (30 March 1948 - 7 November 2022) was a British Liberal Democrat politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1992 to 2005, and as a member of the House of Lords from 2005 until his death in 2022.
Early life
Nigel Jones was born in Cheltenham on 30 March 1948.G... | {"Name": "The Lord Jones of Cheltenham", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2017", "Term start": "30 June 2005", "Term end": "7 November 2022Life peerage", "Birth name": "Nigel David Jones", "Birth date": "yes 1948 03 30", "Birth place": "Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England", "Death date": "yes 2022 11 07 1948 03 30... |
Eric Stuart Joyce (born 13 October 1960) is a Scottish politician, former military officer and convicted child sex offender. A former member of the Labour Party, he served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Falkirk, formerly Falkirk West, from 2000 to 2015.
Joining the army in his teens, Joyce served as a private in the... | {"Birth name": "Eric Stuart Joyce", "Image caption": "Joyce in 2010", "Image size": "170px", "Birth date": "1960 10 13 yes", "Birth place": "Perth, Scotland", "Nationality": "British", "Other political party": "Labour Party (1999-2012)", "Alma mater": "University of Stirling", "Official website": "http://www.ericjoyce.... |
Helen Mary Jones (born 29 June 1960) is a Welsh Plaid Cymru politician, who was a member of the Senedd from 1999 to 2011 and again from August 2018 until 29 April 2021.
Background
Jones was born in Colchester, Essex. She was educated at Colchester County High School for Girls, Caereinion High School in Powys and the U... | {"Name": "Helen Mary Jones", "Term start": "2 August 2018", "Term end": "29 April 2021", "Office 2": "Member of the Senedd for Llanelli", "Predecessor 2": "Catherine Thomas", "Successor 2": "Keith Davies", "Birth date": "1960 06 29 yes", "Birth place": "Colchester, England", "Nationality": "Welsh", "Alma mater": "Aber... |
Kriangsak Chamanan (, ; 17 December 191723 December 2003) served as prime minister of Thailand from 1977 to 1980. After staging a successful coup, he was asked to become Prime Minister in 1977, he ruled till 1980 and is credited with "steering Thailand to democracy" in a time where internally, communist insurgents are ... | {"Name": "Kriangsak Chamanan", "Native name": "เกรียงศักดิ์ ชมะนันทน์", "Native name language": "th", "Nationality": "Thai", "Image caption": "Kriangsak Chamanan in 1976", "Term start": "11 November 1977", "Term end": "3 March 1980", "Order 2": "Minister of Interior", "Prime minister 2": "himself", "Predecessor 2": "Sa... |
Saint-Nazaire (; ; Gallo: Saint-Nazère/Saint-Nazaer) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France,INSEE commune file in traditional Brittany.
The town has a major harbour on the right bank of the Loire estuary, near the Atlantic Ocean. The town is at the south of the second-largest swamp in France... | {"Name": "Saint-Nazaire", "Commune Status": "Subprefecture and commune", "Caption": "Avenue de la République", "Arrondissement": "Saint-Nazaire", "Canton": "Saint-Nazaire-1 and 2", "Postal code": "44600", "Mayor": "David SamzunRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50... |
The Unified Communist Party of Georgia (, SEKP) is a political party in Georgia. It was founded in June 1994 through the merger of the Stalin Society, the Georgian Workers Communist Party and the Union of Communists of Georgia. The party is member of Union of Communist Parties — Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Th... | {"Leader": "Nugzar Shalvovich Avaliani", "Founded": "June 1994", "Ideology": "CommunismMarxism-LeninismSoviet patriotism", "Headquarters": "Tbilisi", "International affiliation": "IMCWP", "Newspaper": "Komunisti", "Political position": "Far-left", "European affiliation": "INITIATIVE"} |
thumb|right|The Piece Hall and Square Chapel seen from Beacon Hill
thumb|The Piece Hall in 2009
The Piece Hall is a Grade I listed building in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. It was built as a cloth hall for handloom weavers to sell the woollen cloth "pieces" they had produced.
History
The earliest known reference t... | {"Coordinates": "53.721937 -1.856917 type:landmark_region:GB inline,title", "OS grid reference": "SE 09559 25077", "Location": "Halifax", "Built": "1779"} |
Noe ZhordaniaAlso transliterated as 'Noah Jordania ( /nɔɛ ʒɔrdɑniɑ/; ; born (or ) — January 11, 1953) was a Georgian journalist and Menshevik politician. He played an eminent role in the socialist revolutionary movement in the Russian Empire, and later chaired the government of the Democratic Republic of Georgia from ... | {"Name": "Noe Zhordania", "Image caption": "Zhordania in 1918", "Term start": "18 March 1921", "Term end": "11 January 1953", "Birth date": "1868 01 14", "Birth place": "Lanchkhuti, Guria, Kutais Governorate, Russian Empire (present-day Georgia)", "Death date": "1953 01 11 1868 01 14", "Death place": "Paris, France", "... |
The National Patriotic Party (NPP) is a political party in Liberia. It was formed in 1997 by members of the National Patriotic Front of Liberia following the end of the First Liberian Civil War.
History
The party contested the 1997 general election, with the NPFL's leader, Charles Taylor, serving as the party's presid... | {"Leader": "Charles Taylor", "Founded": "1997", "Ideology": "Nationalism", "Preceded by": "National Patriotic Front of Liberia"} |
The Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) is one of the two major political parties in Sierra Leone, along with its main political rival the All People's Congress (APC). It has been the ruling party in Sierra Leone since 4 April 2018. The SLPP dominated Sierra Leone's politics from its foundation in 1951 to 1967, when it... | {"Abbreviation": "SLPP", "Leader": "Julius Maada Bio", "Founded": "1951 4 27 y", "Headquarters": "15 Wallace Johnson Street, Freetown, Sierra Leone", "Merger of": "Peoples Party (PP), Protectorate Education Progressive Union (PEPU), Sierra Leone Organisation Society (SOS)", "Slogan": "\"One People, One Country\"https:/... |
The National Resistance Movement (; abbr. NRM) has been the ruling party in Uganda since 1986.
History
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) was founded as a liberation movement that waged a guerrilla war through its rebel wing National Resistance Army (NRA) that toppled the government in 1986. According to the Nat... | {"Abbreviation": "NRM", "Founded": "1986", "Ideology": "Right-wing populismM. Carbone, Giovanni http://worldcat.org/oclc/239007340 \"Populism\" visits Africa : the case of Yoweri Museveni and no-party democracy in Uganda 2005 Development Research Centre 239007340Kazeem Yomi Africa's populists and strongmen are ... |
Kutaisi ( , ) is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and the third-most populous city in Georgia after Tbilisi and Batumi. Situated west of Tbilisi, on the Rioni River, it is the capital of the western region of Imereti.
Historically one of the major cities of Georgia, it served as political... | {"Type": "Mayor-Council", "Body": "Kutaisi City Assembly", "Density": "auto", "Website": "http://kutaisi.gov.ge/"} |
Faisal Abdel Qader Al-Husseini () (July 17, 1940 - May 31, 2001) was a Palestinian politician.
Al-Husseini was born in Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq, son of Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni, commander of local Arab forces during the siege of 1948, grandson of Musa Kazim Pasha Al-Husseini, Mayor of Jerusalem and a relative of Haj Mo... | {"Name": "Faisal Abdel Qader Al-Husseini", "Term start": "?", "Term end": "?", "Office 2": "Head of the Fatah faction in the West Bank", "Birth date": "1940", "Birth place": "Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq", "Death date": "2001 (Age 60)", "Death place": "Kuwait", "Nationality": "Palestinian"} |
The Mongolian People's Party (MPP) is a social democratic political party in Mongolia. It was founded as a communist party in 1920 by Mongolian revolutionaries and is the oldest political party in Mongolia. The party played an important role in the Mongolian Revolution of 1921, which was inspired by the Bolsheviks' Oct... | {"Abbreviation": "MPP (English)mn МАН (Mongolian)", "Founded": "1920 06 25 yes", "Headquarters": "Ulaanbaatar", "Newspaper": "Mongoliin Ünen (\"Mongolian Truth\")", "Ideology": "Social democracynowrap\n 1920-1990:\n Communism\n Marxism-Leninism\n 1928-1956:\n Stalinism\n 1990-2010:\n Democratic socialism"... |
The Hallstatt culture was the predominant Western and Central European archaeological culture of Late Bronze Age (Hallstatt A, Hallstatt B) from the 12th to 8th centuries BC and Early Iron Age Europe (Hallstatt C, Hallstatt D) from the 8th to 6th centuries BC, developing out of the Urnfield culture of the 12th century... | {"Culture name": "Hallstatt culture", "Geographical range": "Europe", "The period of the culture": "Late Bronze Age, Early Iron Age", "The absolute date range of the culture": "1200 - 450 BC Hallstatt A (1200 - 1050 BC); Hallstatt B (1050 - 800 BC); Hallstatt C (800 - 650 BC); Hallstatt D (620 - 450 BC)", "Preceded by"... |
The Islamic Iran Participation Front (; Jebheye Mosharekate Iran-e Eslaami) was a reformist political party in Iran. It was sometimes described as the most dominant member within the 2nd of Khordad Front.1/9/2001 2nd Khordad Front must ponder over every aspect of their actions: daily Net Native
The party took 189 of t... | {"General Secretary": "Mohsen Mirdamadi", "Slogan": "Iran for all Iranians", "Founded": "1998 12 5fa http://www.pajoohe.com/fa/index.php?Page=definition&UID=43083 Islamic Iran Participation Front Baqir al-Ulum Research Center 21 August 2015 Mohammad Ali Zandi", "Headquarters": "Tehran, Iran", "National affiliation": "C... |
The Necks are an Australian avant-garde jazz trio formed in 1987 by founding mainstays Chris Abrahams on piano and Hammond organ, Tony Buck on drums, percussion and electric guitar, and Lloyd Swanton on bass guitar and double bass. They play improvisational pieces of up to an hour in length that explore the development... | {"Origin": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Genres": "Experimental\n avant-garde jazz\n minimalist\n krautrock", "Labels": "Spiral Scratch\n Fish of Milk/Shock\n Wild Sound/MDS\n Carpet Bomb\n Ideologic Organ/Editions Mego\n Private/BMG\n Northern Spy", "Website": "thenecks.com/", "Members": "Chris Abrahams\n Ton... |
Paul Francis McDermott (born 17 September 1965), who performs as Paul Mac, is an Australian electropop musician, singer-songwriter, producer and music re-mixer. He was classically trained at Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Mac has formed various bands including Smash Mac Mac (1986-88), The Lab (1989-1998), Itch-E and S... | {"Born": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Genres": "Electropop, electronica", "Labels": "Second Nature, Volition, Interdance, Prozaac, Shock, Eleven, EMI", "Website": "paulmac.com.au"} |
The Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan is a communist party in Kyrgyzstan, founded on 22 June 1992. It publishes the daily newspaper Pravda Kyrgyzstana (). The party considers itself to be the successor of the Communist Party of Kirghizia, which ruled Kyrgyzstan during the Soviet era.
History
It was the largest polit... | {"Abbreviation": "ПКК (Russian) PKK (transliteration)", "Leader": "Iskhak Masaliyev", "Founded": "1992 06 22 yes", "Headquarters": "Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan", "Ideology": "Communism Marxism-Leninism Soviet patriotism", "Preceded by": "Communist Party of Kirghizia", "Newspaper": "Pravda Kyrgyzstana", "International affiliati... |
The United National Party, often abbreviated as UNP (, ), is a centre-right political party in Sri Lanka. The UNP has served as the country's ruling party, or as part of its governing coalition, for 38 of the country's 74 years of independence, including the periods 19471956, 19651970, 19771994, 20012004 and 20152019. ... | {"Abbreviation": "UNP", "Leader": "Ranil Wickremesinghe", "General Secretary": "Palitha Range Bandara", "Founded": "yes y 1946 09 06", "Merger of": "Ceylon National Congress, Sinhala Maha Sabha", "Headquarters": "Sirikotha, 400 Kotte Road, Pitakotte, Sri Jayawardenapura", "Political position": "Centre-righthttp://editi... |
The Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan () is a communist party in Kyrgyzstan. KPK was founded on 21 August 1999, following a split in the Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan.
KPK did not participate in the 2000 parliamentary elections. It publishes Kommunisty Kyrgyzstana.
The party is affiliated to the Communist Party of th... | {"Secretary": "Clara Azhibekovna", "Split from": "Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan", "Founded": "29 August 1999", "Ideology": "CommunismMarxism-Leninism", "Political position": "Far-left", "Headquarters": "Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan"} |
The Revolutionary Nationalist Movement ( , MNR) is a centre-right, conservative political party in Bolivia. It was the leading force behind the Bolivian National Revolution from 1952 to 1964. It influenced much of the country's history since 1941.
Origins
The Revolutionary Nationalist Movement was begun in 1941 by fu... | {"Founded": "y 1942 6 72014-07-02 Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario Declaración de Principios http://www.oep.org.bo/org_politica/documentos/mnr.pdf 2021-02-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20140702092638/http://www.oep.org.bo/org_politica/documentos/mnr.pdf 2014-07-02", "Headquarters": "Casa Rosada, Nicolás Acosta 5... |
Siumut (, ) is a political party in Greenland in the social democratic tradition.Greenland: Government and society, Britannica Online Encyclopedia. Since the establishment of home rule in 1979, it has been the dominant party in Greenland. Siumut is led by Erik Jensen, who beat the then-incumbent Prime Minister Kim Kie... | {"Leader": "Erik Jensen Siumut gets new chairman https://sermitsiaq.ag/siumut-faar-ny-formand 10 December 2020 29 November 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201129204429/https://sermitsiaq.ag/siumut-faar-ny-formand 29 November 2020", "Founded": "29 July 1977", "Headquarters": "Nuuk", "Political position": "Centre-left... |
Lloyd Norman Axworthy (born December 21, 1939) is a Canadian politician, elder statesman and academic. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. Following his retirement from parliament, he served as president and vice-chancellor of the University of Winnipeg from... | {"Name": "Lloyd Axworthy", "Image": "Lloyd Axworthy (1999).JPEG", "Image caption": "Lloyd Axworthy, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, in 1999", "Term start": "June 6, 2004", "Term end": "June 27, 2014", "Birth name": "Lloyd Norman Axworthy", "Birth date": "1939 12 21", "Birth place": "North Battleford, Saskatchewan... |
David Charles Waddington, Baron Waddington, (2 August 1929 - 23 February 2017) was a British politician and barrister.
A member of the Conservative Party, he served as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons from 1968 to 1974 and 1979 to 1990, and was then made a life peer in the House of Lords. During hi... | {"Name": "The Lord Waddington", "Image": "David Waddington.jpeg", "Image caption": "Portrait by Nick Sinclair, 1991", "Term start": "11 April 1992", "Term end": "2 May 1997", "Office 2": "Leader of the House of Lords Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal", "Prime minister 2": "John Major", "Predecessor 2": "The Lord Belstead",... |
The National Geographic GeoBee (called the National Geography Bee from 1989 to 2000 and the National Geographic Bee from 2001 to 2018, also referred to as the Nat Geo Bee) was an annual geography contest sponsored by the National Geographic Society. The bee, held annually since 1989, was open to students in the fourth ... | {"Frequency": "Annual (late May)", "Location(s)": "Washington, D.C.", "Most recent": "2019", "Status": "Dissolved (2021)", "Genre": "Geography bee", "Website": "www.nationalgeographic.org/bee"} |
The United Kingdom participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 with its entry "Go" performed by Scott Fitzgerald and written by Julie Forsyth. The song was chosen through the "A Song for Europe" national final which consisted of eight songs in 1988. At the Eurovision Song Contest 1988, Fitzgerald and his song was ... | {"Country": "United Kingdom", "Selection process": "A Song for Europe 1988", "Selection date(s)": "25 March 1988", "Selected entrant": "Scott Fitzgerald", "Selected song": "Go", "Selected songwriter(s)": "Julie Forsyth", "Final result": "2nd, 136 points"} |
The Nikon D70 is a digital single-lens reflex camera, introduced at the 2004 PMA Annual Convention and Trade Show, as Nikon's first consumer-level digital SLR, and a competitor to the Canon EOS 300D. It was often sold in a "kit package" with the Nikon 18-70mm AF-S lens. The Nikon D70 was succeeded initially by the Niko... | {"Type": "Digital single-lens reflex camera", "Sensor": "6.1 megapixel 23.7 mm × 15.6 mm Nikon DX format RGB CCD sensor, 1.5 × FOV crop", "Resolution": "3,008 × 2,000 (6.01 million)", "Lens": "Interchangeable, Nikon F-mount", "Shutter": "Combined mechanical and CCD electronic shutter", "Exposure": "1,005 segment color ... |
Live Report represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 with the song "Why Do I Always Get It Wrong", which placed 2nd in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Before Eurovision
A Song for Europe 1989
A Song for Europe 1989 was a very dis-jointed final. The original singer chosen for "Back in the Groove" wa... | {"Country": "United Kingdom", "Selection process": "A Song for Europe 1989", "Selection date(s)": "24 March 1989", "Selected entrant": "Live Report", "Selected song": "Why Do I Always Get It Wrong", "Selected songwriter(s)": "Brian Hodgson John Beeby", "Final result": "2nd, 130 points"} |
Teignmouth ( ) is a seaside town, fishing port and civil parish in the English county of Devon. It is on the north bank of the estuary mouth of the River Teign, about 12 miles south of Exeter. The town had a population of 14,749 at the 2011 census.Office for National Statistics : Census 2011 : Parish Headcounts : Teign... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2021 Census)Teignmouth https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/southwestengland/admin/teignbridge/E04003234__teignmouth/ City population 25 October 2022", "Shire county": "Devon", "District": "Teignbridge", "UK Parliament": "Newton Abbot", "Postcode district": "TQ", "Dialli... |
Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden (; 8 April 1655 - 4 January 1707) was the ruling Margrave of Baden-Baden in Germany and chief commander of the Imperial army. He was also known as Türkenlouis ("Turkish Louis") for his numerous victories against Ottoman forces. After his death in 1707, his wife, Sibylle of Saxe-La... | {"Image caption": "Portrait in 1705", "Issue link": "Issue", "Father": "Ferdinand Maximilian of Baden-Baden", "Mother": "Louise of Savoy", "Birth date": "1655 4 8 y", "Birth place": "Hôtel de Soissons, Paris, France", "Death date": "1707 1 4 1655 4 8 y", "Death place": "Schloss Rastatt, Rastatt, Baden, Holy Roman Empir... |
Dinsdale James Landen (4 September 1932 - 29 December 2003) was an English actor. His television appearances included starring in the shows Devenish (1977) and Pig in the Middle (1980). The Independent named him an "outstanding actor with the qualities of a true farceur." He performed in many Shakespeare plays at Strat... | {"Name": "Dinsdale Landen", "Caption": "Landen in 1979", "Birth date": "y 1932 09 04", "Birth place": "Margate, Kent, England", "Death date": "y 2003 12 29 1932 09 04", "Death place": "South Creake, Norfolk, England", "Years active": "1959-1997", "Spouse(s)": "Jennifer Daniel 1959"} |
Kings Langley is a village, former manor and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, north-west of Westminster in the historic centre of London and to the south of the Chiltern Hills. It now forms part of the London commuter belt. The village is divided between two local government districts by the River Gade with the... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(Census 2001) 5,214 (Census 2011)http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11125213&c=Kings+Langley&d=16&e=62&g=6432947&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1477842251033&enc=1 Civil Parish population 2011 30 October 2016 Office for National St... |
David Anthony Laws (born 30 November 1965) is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Yeovil from 2001 to 2015. A member of the Liberal Democrats, in his third parliament he served at the outset as a Cabinet Minister, in 2010, as Chief Secretary to the Treasury; as well as later concurrentl... | {"Name": "David Laws", "Term start": "4 September 2012", "Term end": "8 May 2015", "Office 2": "Chief Secretary to the Treasury", "Prime minister 2": "David Cameron", "Predecessor 2": "Liam Byrne", "Successor 2": "Danny Alexander", "Birth name": "David Anthony Laws", "Birth date": "1965 11 30 y", "Birth place": "Farnha... |
Sir Steven John Webb (born 18 July 1965) is a British pensions commentator who was previously Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament (MP) for Northavon from 1997 to 2010 and for Thornbury and Yate from 2010 to 2015. He was the Minister of State for Pensions in the coalition government of David Cameron.
Background
Webb... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Right Honourable", "Name": "Sir Steve Webb", "Term start": "12 May 2010", "Term end": "8 May 2015", "Birth date": "1965 07 18 yes", "Birth place": "Birmingham, Warwickshire, England", "Spouse(s)": "Helen, Lady Webb 1993", "Alma mater": "Hertford College, Oxford"} |
Sally Curtis Keeble (born 13 October 1951) is a British Labour Party politician. She was the member of parliament (MP) for Northampton North from the 1997 to 2010 general elections, when she lost her seat to the Conservative Party candidate Michael Ellis. She had previously been Leader of Southwark Council from 1990 to... | {"Name": "Sally Keeble", "Term start": "29 May 2002", "Term end": "13 June 2003", "Predecessor 2": "Tony Marlow", "Successor 2": "Michael Ellis", "Birth date": "1951 10 13 yes", "Birth place": "Berlin, Germany", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Andrew Hilary Porter", "Alma mater": "St Hugh's College, Oxford", "E... |
thumb|The old main building of the University of Basel, which with its arcades in the middle takes up the lines of the first Italian university in Bologna.
The University of Basel (Latin: Universitas Basiliensis, German: Universität Basel) is a public research university in Basel, Switzerland. Founded on 4 April 1460, ... | {"Students": "13,139University of Basel, Facts & Figures https://www.unibas.ch/en/University/About-University/Facts-Figures.html University of Basel 15 March 2022", "Type": "Public", "President": "Andrea Schenker-Wickihttps://www.unibas.ch/de/Universitaet/Leitung-Organisation/Rektorat/Die-Rektorin.html Die Rektorin ... |
David Alan Keen (25 November 1937 - 10 November 2011) was a British Labour Co-operative politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Feltham and Heston from 1992 until his death in 2011.
Early life
Although born in London, Alan Keen was brought up in the Grangetown and Redcar area in the present day unitary ... | {"Term start": "9 April 1992", "Term end": "10 November 2011", "Birth name": "David Alan Keen", "Birth date": "1937 11 25 yes", "Birth place": "Lewisham, London, England", "Death date": "2011 11 10 1937 11 25 yes", "Death place": "Lambeth, London, England", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Ann Lloyd-Fox 1980"} |
Ann Lloyd Keen (née Fox; born 26 November 1948) is a British Labour Party politician, who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Brentford and Isleworth from 1997, until she was defeated by Conservative candidate Mary Macleod in 2010. In 1999, The Guardian newspaper revealed that she had acted as a "secret go-between"... | {"Name": "Ann Keen", "Image caption": "Keen as a health minister", "Office 2": "Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer", "Prime minister 2": "Tony Blair", "Predecessor 2": "John Healey", "Successor 2": "Ann Coffey", "Birth name": "Ann Lloyd Fox", "Birth date": "1948 11 26 yes", "Birth place... |
Paul Stuart Keetch (21 May 1961 - 24 May 2017) was a British Liberal Democrat politician and lobbyist who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Hereford from 1997 to 2010.
Early life
He went to Hereford High School for Boys (now Aylestone Business and Enterprise College), followed by Hereford Sixth Form College. Kee... | {"Term start": "2 May 1997", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Birth name": "Paul Stuart Keetch", "Birth date": "1961 5 21 yes", "Birth place": "Hereford, England", "Death date": "2017 5 24 1961 5 21 y", "Death place": "London, England", "Nationality": "British", "Other political party": "Liberal", "Spouse(s)": "Claire Eli... |
Benning Wentworth (July 24, 1696 - October 14, 1770) was an American merchant and colonial administrator who served as the governor of New Hampshire from 1741 to 1766. While serving as governor, Wentworth is best known for issuing several land grants in territory claimed by the Province of New Hampshire west of the Con... | {"Name": "Benning Wentworth", "Term start": "1741", "Term end": "1766", "Birth date": "July 24, 1696", "Birth place": "Portsmouth, New Hampshire", "Death date": "October 14, 1770 (aged 74)", "Death place": "Portsmouth, New Hampshire", "Spouse(s)": "Abigail Ruck (m. 1719) Martha Hilton (m. 1760)"} |
Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov (; ; born January 28, 1948) is a Latvian-American dancer, choreographer, and actor.Mikhail Baryshnikov Encyclopaedia Britannica He was the preeminent male classical dancer of the 1970s and 1980s. He subsequently became a noted dance director.Mikhail Baryshnikov (Russian-American dancer... | {"Name": "Mikhail Baryshnikov", "Caption": "Baryshnikov in 2017", "Birth name": "Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov", "Birth date": "1948 1 27", "Birth place": "Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union", "Citizenship": "Soviet Union (1948-1986) United States (1986-present) Latvia (2017-present)", "Occupation": "Dancer, choreograp... |
Ruth Maria Kelly (born 9 May 1968) is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolton West from 1997 until she stood down in 2010. Previously, she served as the Secretary of State for Transport, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Minister for Women a... | {"Name": "Ruth Kelly", "Term start": "28 June 2007", "Term end": "3 October 2008", "Office 2": "Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government", "Prime minister 2": "Tony Blair", "Predecessor 2": "David MilibandAs Minister of State.", "Successor 2": "Hazel Blears", "Birth date": "1968 5 9 y", "Birth place": "L... |
Fraser Kemp (born 1 September 1958) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Houghton and Washington East from 1997 to 2010, and previously a full-time employee of the Labour Party.
Early life
He attended Biddick Primary School and Washington School in Washington, Tyne and Wear.
... | {"Name": "Fraser Kemp", "Office 2": "Assistant Whip", "Prime minister 2": "Tony Blair", "Birth date": "1958 09 1 yes", "Birth place": "Washington, County Durham", "Nationality": "British"} |
Jane Elizabeth Kennedy ( Hodgson; born 4 May 1958) is a British politician and the inaugural Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner. She was Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Wavertree, formerly Liverpool Broadgreen, from 1992 to 2010.
Formerly a member of the Government, on 8 June 2009, she returned to the ba... | {"Name": "Jane Kennedy", "Image size": "200px", "Image caption": "Kennedy in 2009", "Term start": "22 November 2012", "Term end": "12 May 2021", "Birth name": "Jane Elizabeth Hodgson", "Birth date": "1958 05 04 yes", "Birth place": "Whitehaven, Cumberland, England", "Spouse(s)": "Malcolm Kennedy (1977-1998)", "Other po... |
John Wentworth (January 16, 1671 - December 12, 1730) was an American sea captain, merchant, judge, politician and colonial administrator who served as the lieutenant governor of New Hampshire from 1717 to 1730.John Norris McClintock, Colony, province, state, 1623-1888: History of New Hampshire, (1889), p. 174 at: Goog... | {"Name": "John Wentworth", "Image": "Lieut Governor John Wentworth Province of New Hampshire.jpeg", "Term start": "1717", "Term end": "1730", "Birth date": "yes 1671 1 16", "Birth place": "Portsmouth, New Hampshire", "Death date": "yes 1730 12 12 1671 1 16", "Death place": "Portsmouth, New Hampshire", "Spouse(s)": "Sar... |
Simon Robert Key (22 April 1945 - 3 February 2023) was a British Conservative politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Salisbury from 1983 to 2010. He was also Chair of Governors at Salisbury Cathedral School.
Early life
Key was born in Plymouth, the son of Maurice Key, afterwards Bishop of Truro. At the... | {"Image caption": "Key in 2005 as an MP", "Term start": "10 April 1992", "Term end": "27 May 1993", "Predecessor 2": "Michael Hamilton", "Successor 2": "John Glen", "Birth name": "Simon Robert Key", "Birth date": "y 1945 4 22", "Birth place": "Plymouth, Devon, England", "Death date": "y 2023 2 3 1945 4 22", "Spouse(s)"... |
Piara Singh Khabra (Hindi: प्यारा सिंह खाबड़ा, Punjabi: ; 20 November 1921 - 19 June 2007) was a British Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ealing Southall from 1992 until his death. He was the fifth British Asian, and the first Sikh, to become a British MP.
From the retirement of Sir Edwar... | {"Native name": "प्यारा सिंह खाबड़ा\n ਪਿਆਰਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਖਾਬੜਾ", "Term start": "9 April 1992", "Term end": "19 June 2007", "Birth name": "Piara Singh Khabra", "Birth date": "1921 11 20 yes", "Birth place": "Punjab, British India", "Death date": "2007 06 19 1921 11 20 yes", "Death place": "White City, London, England", "Educati... |
David Neil Kidney (born 21 March 1955) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stafford from 1997 to 2010.
Early life
Kidney attended Pinewood Primary School in Meir (now the new Crescent Primary School), Longton High School then the City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College. He ... | {"Name": "David Kidney", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Birth date": "yes 1955 03 21", "Birth place": "Meir, Stoke-on-Trent", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "University of Bristol"} |
Peter Kilfoyle (born 9 June 1946) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Walton from 1991 to 2010.
Early life
The eleventh of fourteen children born to an Irish Catholic family on Merseyside, Kilfoyle was educated by the Irish Christian Brothers at St. Edward's College... | {"Name": "Peter Kilfoyle", "Term start": "28 July 1999", "Term end": "30 January 2000", "Birth date": "1946 06 9 yes", "Birth place": "Liverpool, England", "Spouse(s)": "Bernadette Slater", "Alma mater": "Durham University,Christ's College, Liverpool (now part of Liverpool Hope University)"} |
Andrew King (14 September 1948) is an English Labour Party politician.
He was educated at Coatbridge Technical College and Hatfield Polytechnic, he worked as a postman and mechanic before becoming a social services manager. He was Member of Parliament for Rugby and Kenilworth until 2005, having first won the seat in t... | {"Name": "Andrew King", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "11 April 2005", "Birth date": "1948 09 14 yes", "Nationality": "British"} |
Julie Kirkbride (born 5 June 1960) is a British Conservative politician. She was the Member of Parliament for the Conservative stronghold of Bromsgrove from the 1997 to the 2010 general elections.
Early life
Kirkbride was born in Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire. Her father was a lorry driver, who died when she was ... | {"Name": "Julie Kirkbride", "Term start": "6 November 2003", "Term end": "19 June 2004", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Bromsgrove", "Predecessor 2": "Roy Thomason", "Successor 2": "Sajid Javid", "Birth date": "1960 06 05 yes", "Birth place": "Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England", "Nationality": "British... |
Archibald Johnstone Kirkwood, Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope, (born 22 April 1946), is a British Liberal Democrat politician.
Education
Kirkwood was educated at Cranhill Secondary School in Cranhill, Glasgow, and studied pharmacy at Heriot-Watt University, gaining a BSc in 1971. He became a solicitor in Hawick and Notary... | {"Name": "The Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope", "Term start": "9 April 1992", "Term end": "1 May 1997", "Office 2": "Member of Parliamentfor Roxburgh and Berwickshire", "Predecessor 2": "Constituency created", "Successor 2": "Constituency abolished", "Birth date": "1946 4 22 y", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Rosema... |
James Philip Knight, Baron Knight of Weymouth, (born 6 March 1965) is a British politician who served as Minister for the South West and Minister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform from 2009 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party and Co-operative Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for South Dorset from 200... | {"Name": "The Lord Knight of Weymouth", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2018", "Term start": "5 June 2009", "Term end": "11 May 2010", "Office 2": "Minister for the South West", "Prime minister 2": "Gordon Brown", "Predecessor 2": "Ben Bradshaw", "Successor 2": "Position abolished", "Birth date": "yes 1965 3 6", "... |
Ashok Kumar (28 May 1956 - 15 March 2010) was a British Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland from 1997 until his death shortly before the 2010 general election.
Early life
Kumar was born in Haridwar, Uttar Pradesh, India, to Jagat Ram Saini and Santosh K... | {"Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "15 March 2010", "Predecessor 2": "Richard Holt", "Successor 2": "Michael Bates", "Birth date": "1956 5 28 yes", "Birth place": "Haridwar, Uttar Pradesh, India", "Death date": "2010 3 15 1956 5 28 yes", "Death place": "Marton, Middlesbrough, England", "Nationality": "British", "... |
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