What is David Miliband?
{{BLP sources|date=December 2011}} [[File:David Miliband 2.jpg|thumb|right|150px|David Miliband was the Foreign Secretary 2007-2010]] '''David Wright Miliband''' (born 15 July 1965) is a [[British people|British]] [[politician]] who was the [[Foreign Secretary]] from June 2007 to May 2010 and a member of [[Tony Blair]]'s cabinet. He was the [[Member of Parliament]] for [[South Shields (UK Parliament constituency)|South Shields]] in [[Tyne and Wear]]. He is the CEO of the International Rescue Committee. David Miliband was born in [[London]] to Polish-[[Jew]]ish parents and is an atheist.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/7066954/Atheist-David-Miliband-sends-son-to-faith-school.html Atheist David Miliband sends son to faith school]</ref> He was raised in [[Primrose Hill]], London. He is the elder son of [[Marxism|Marxist]] [[Ralph Miliband]] and [[Marion Kozak]]. He is the elder brother of Labour leader [[Ed Miliband]]. He was educated at the [[University of Oxford]] and was the head of the Number 10 Policy Unit from 1997-2001. He was first [[wikt:elect|elected]] in the 2001 general election. After being part of Tony Blair and [[Gordon Brown]]'s governments, Miliband was a candidate in the 2010 Labour leadership contest. Despite Miliband being favourite to win the contest, his brother Ed narrowly won the contest in September 2010. Miliband chose not to be a member of Ed's [[shadow cabinet]]. == References == <references/> {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Miliband, David}} [[Category:1965 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Alumni of the University of Oxford]] [[Category:British atheists]] [[Category:Labour Party (UK) MPs]] [[Category:Jewish atheists]] [[Category:Jewish British politicians]] [[Category:Members of the British House of Commons for English constituencies]] [[Category:People from the London Borough of Camden]] [[Category:Politicians from London]] [[Category:UK MPs 2001–2005]] [[Category:UK MPs 2005–2010]] [[Category:UK MPs 2010–2015]]