Austen Albu
Austen Albu | |
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| 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 (aged 91) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour Social Democratic Party |
| Spouse | Marie Jahoda |
Austen Harry Albu (21 September 1903 – 23 November 1994)[1] was a British[2] Labour Member of Parliament for Edmonton.
Career
Austen first won the seat at a by-election in 1948, and held it until his retirement at the February 1974 general election. He is noted for heading the Governmental Subcommission of the British Control Commission for Germany during the Allied occupation after World War II. During his tenure, he advocated for a centrally planned economy for the country, particularly the Social Democratic approach.[3] From 1965 to 1967, he was the Minister of State for Economic Affairs. He later joined the Social Democratic Party.[4]
In 1958 he married the Anglo-Austrian social psychologist Marie Jahoda.[5]
He was also a writer with some essays, the most edited being Socialism and the study of man. He is also attributed as one of the authors of the New Fabian Essays.[6]
References
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)
- ^ William D. Rubinstein, Michael Jolles, Hilary L. Rubinstein, The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History, Palgrave Macmillan (2011), p. 20
- ^ Hook, James C. Van (2004). Rebuilding Germany: The Creation of the Social Market Economy, 1945–1957. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 66. ISBN 0521833620.
- ^ Ivor Martin Crewe, Anthony Stephen King (1995). SDP: The Birth, Life and Death of the Social Democratic Party. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198280507.
- ^ Haines, Catharine M. C.; Stevens, Helen M. (2001). International Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary to 1950. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-57607-090-1.
- ^ Laidler, Harry W. (4 July 2013). History of Socialism: An Historical Comparative Study of Socialism, Communism, Utopia. Oxon: Routledge. p. 865. ISBN 978-1-136-23143-8.
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