British politician. Creator of the National Health service.
Aneurin "Nye" Bevan was born into a Welsh mining family. His father as a Baptist and his mother as a Methodist belonged to religious communities that deviated from the Anglican state church.
He was a member of the Liberal Party in his youth. Inspired by the socialist writings of Robert Blatchford, however, he resigned from the party and became a member of the Independent Labour Party. First elected to the House of Commons for Ebbw Vale in 1932, he was one of the few Labour MPs permanently represented in parliament. In 1939 Bevan was expelled from the Labour Party because of his sympathy for the Popular Front in France.
In 1934 he married Jennie Lee, who became MP for a Scottish, later an English constituency.
During World War II, Bevan became as a fervent critic of the British war poliscy. He attacked the class structure, which he regarded as a waste of talent, preventing capable young men to become officers.
When the Labour Party under Clement Atlee formed its own government in 1945, Bevan became Minister of Health and Housing. In view of the war damages, the youngest member of the Attlee cabinet had the most difficult tasks. Under his reponsibility, the National Health Service Act was passed on July 5, 1948. Since its implementation, British citizens have enjoyed basic health care covered by the state budget.
Bevan rejected British rearmament after the war and therefore resigned from the government. As a result, members of the left wing of the Labor Party were referred to as Bevanites. Some of his supporters distanced themselves from him when he gave up his opposition to British nuclear armament after 1957.
Aneurin "Nye" Bevan was born into a Welsh mining family. His father as a Baptist and his mother as a Methodist belonged to religious communities that deviated from the Anglican state church.
He was a member of the Liberal Party in his youth. Inspired by the socialist writings of Robert Blatchford, however, he resigned from the party and became a member of the Independent Labour Party. First elected to the House of Commons for Ebbw Vale in 1932, he was one of the few Labour MPs permanently represented in parliament. In 1939 Bevan was expelled from the Labour Party because of his sympathy for the Popular Front in France.
In 1934 he married Jennie Lee, who became MP for a Scottish, later an English constituency.
During World War II, Bevan became as a fervent critic of the British war poliscy. He attacked the class structure, which he regarded as a waste of talent, preventing capable young men to become officers.
When the Labour Party under Clement Atlee formed its own government in 1945, Bevan became Minister of Health and Housing. In view of the war damages, the youngest member of the Attlee cabinet had the most difficult tasks. Under his reponsibility, the National Health Service Act was passed on July 5, 1948. Since its implementation, British citizens have enjoyed basic health care covered by the state budget.
Bevan rejected British rearmament after the war and therefore resigned from the government. As a result, members of the left wing of the Labor Party were referred to as Bevanites. Some of his supporters distanced themselves from him when he gave up his opposition to British nuclear armament after 1957.
British politician. Creator of the National Health service.
Aneurin "Nye" Bevan was born into a Welsh mining family. His father as a Baptist and his mother as a Methodist belonged to religious communities that deviated from the Anglican state church.
He was a member of the Liberal Party in his youth. Inspired by the socialist writings of Robert Blatchford, however, he resigned from the party and became a member of the Independent Labour Party. First elected to the House of Commons for Ebbw Vale in 1932, he was one of the few Labour MPs permanently represented in parliament. In 1939 Bevan was expelled from the Labour Party because of his sympathy for the Popular Front in France.
In 1934 he married Jennie Lee, who became MP for a Scottish, later an English constituency.
During World War II, Bevan became as a fervent critic of the British war poliscy. He attacked the class structure, which he regarded as a waste of talent, preventing capable young men to become officers.
When the Labour Party under Clement Atlee formed its own government in 1945, Bevan became Minister of Health and Housing. In view of the war damages, the youngest member of the Attlee cabinet had the most difficult tasks. Under his reponsibility, the National Health Service Act was passed on July 5, 1948. Since its implementation, British citizens have enjoyed basic health care covered by the state budget.
Bevan rejected British rearmament after the war and therefore resigned from the government. As a result, members of the left wing of the Labor Party were referred to as Bevanites. Some of his supporters distanced themselves from him when he gave up his opposition to British nuclear armament after 1957.
Aneurin "Nye" Bevan was born into a Welsh mining family. His father as a Baptist and his mother as a Methodist belonged to religious communities that deviated from the Anglican state church.
He was a member of the Liberal Party in his youth. Inspired by the socialist writings of Robert Blatchford, however, he resigned from the party and became a member of the Independent Labour Party. First elected to the House of Commons for Ebbw Vale in 1932, he was one of the few Labour MPs permanently represented in parliament. In 1939 Bevan was expelled from the Labour Party because of his sympathy for the Popular Front in France.
In 1934 he married Jennie Lee, who became MP for a Scottish, later an English constituency.
During World War II, Bevan became as a fervent critic of the British war poliscy. He attacked the class structure, which he regarded as a waste of talent, preventing capable young men to become officers.
When the Labour Party under Clement Atlee formed its own government in 1945, Bevan became Minister of Health and Housing. In view of the war damages, the youngest member of the Attlee cabinet had the most difficult tasks. Under his reponsibility, the National Health Service Act was passed on July 5, 1948. Since its implementation, British citizens have enjoyed basic health care covered by the state budget.
Bevan rejected British rearmament after the war and therefore resigned from the government. As a result, members of the left wing of the Labor Party were referred to as Bevanites. Some of his supporters distanced themselves from him when he gave up his opposition to British nuclear armament after 1957.
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