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Glenys Elizabeth Kinnock, Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead, Baroness Kinnock Template:Post-nominals (Template:Nee; 7 July 1944 – 3 December 2023), was a British politician and teacher who served as Minister of State for Europe from June to October 2009 and Minister of State for Africa and the United Nations from 2009 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party, she was previously a member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Wales, formerly South Wales East, from 1994 to 2009.
Early life
Glenys Elizabeth Parry was born in Roade, Northamptonshire, and educated at Holyhead Comprehensive School, Anglesey.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She graduated in 1965 from University College, Cardiff in education and history.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref> Parry worked at Moorland Primary School, in Splott, in 1966.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She met Neil Kinnock at university<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and married him in 1967.<ref name = Francis>Template:Cite news</ref>
European Parliament
Kinnock represented South Wales East in the European Parliament from 1994 until 1999, and Wales from 1999 until 2009, where she was a member of the Party of European Socialists (PES) political group.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She was a Member of the European Parliament's Development and Co-operation Committee<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and a substitute member of the Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She was a co-president of the African, Caribbean and Pacific-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly from 2002 to 2009, and Labour spokesperson on International Development in the European Parliament.<ref name=":0" /> In November 2006 Kinnock was criticised for "taking a junket" to Barbados to discuss world poverty issues.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Kinnock co-presided over the 12th ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Domestic political career
In the 2009 cabinet reshuffle, Kinnock was appointed minister for Europe following the resignation of Caroline Flint.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> To enable her to join the government, she was awarded a life peerage and became Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead, of Holyhead in the County of Ynys Môn on 30 June 2009.<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> She was introduced to the House of Lords on the same day.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 2009, while she was minister for Europe, the status of the Welsh language was elevated to make it equal with several other European minority languages, such as Catalan. The cost of translation services was to be met by the Welsh Assembly and the Welsh Language Board. Kinnock commented "This demonstrates a clear commitment by the EU to promote its unique and diverse cultural heritage".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
From 2009 to 2010, Kinnock served as minister of state for Africa and the United Nations, filling a post left vacant after the resignation of Lord Malloch-Brown.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> From 2010 to 2013 she was an Opposition spokesperson for the Department of International Development in the House of Lords.<ref>Lady Kinnock profile Template:Webarchive, parliament.uk; accessed 31 December 2013.</ref> Kinnock retired from the Lords on 9 April 2021.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Personal life
She was the wife of Neil Kinnock, who was leader of the Labour Party from 1983 to 1992, and they had two children together, including Stephen.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> When her husband was given a life peerage in 2005, she was entitled to the title Lady Kinnock, but decided against its use.<ref name=":0"/> However, she became Lady (or Baroness) Kinnock in her own right when she was ennobled in 2009. Kinnock grew up speaking Welsh.<ref name=":0" />
In 2017, Kinnock was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Her husband spoke about their experience with the disease and providing support for her.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She died from complications of the disease at her home in London, on 3 December 2023, aged 79.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Publications
- Beyond Band Aid: Charity Is Not Enough (1987; with Joan Lestor and David Ward)<ref>Template:Oclc</ref>
- Voices for One World (1987)<ref>Template:Oclc</ref>
- Eritrea: Images of War and Peace (1988)<ref>Template:Oclc</ref>
- Namibia: Women in War (1990; with Tessa Cleaver and Marion Wallace)<ref>Template:Oclc</ref>
- Namibia: Birth of a Nation (1991; with Jenny Matthews)<ref>Template:Oclc</ref>
- By Faith and Daring (1993; with Fiona Millar)<ref>Template:Oclc</ref>
- The Gender Perspective (1995)<ref>Template:Oclc</ref>
- Changing States: A Labour Agenda for Europe (1996; with Glyn Ford and Arlene McCarthy)<ref>Template:Oclc</ref>
- A Woman's Work Is Never Done (2006; with Elizabeth Andrews and Ursula Masson)<ref>Template:Oclc</ref>
Articles
- "The Rape of Darfur", 2006 (The Guardian)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- "A Lethal Bully That Must Be Tackled", 2006 (The Times)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- "Cambodia's Brazen U.N. Bird", 2012 (The New York Times)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
References
External links
- Profile at European Parliament website Template:Webarchive
- Speeches made in the European Parliament
- Mrs Kinnock, co-president of the ACP EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly Template:Webarchive
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