Don Touhig
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James Donnelly Touhig, known as Don Touhig (born December 5, 1947) is the Welsh Labour and Co-operative member of Parliament for Islwyn.
Before entering parliament he had been a journalist, and served on Gwent County Council. He was elected to Parliament in a by-election in 1995, to replace Neil Kinnock, who had resigned. He served as parliamentary private secretary to Gordon Brown and as a whip before becoming a minister. He was a junior minister at the Ministry of Defence, with special responsibility for veterans, but left government in the May 2006 reshuffle. He was made a Member of the Privy Council on 19 July 2006.
Touhig is a papal knight of the Order of Saint Sylvester
[edit] External links
- Don Touhig official site
- Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Don Touhig MP
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Don Touhig MP
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Member of Parliament for Islwyn 1995 – present |
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