Ernest Bevin

Ernest Bevin
Ernest Bevin ; (politician, union leader);
Born	9 March 1881; Winsford, Somerset, England
Died	14 April 1951 (Age 70); London, England
Nationality	British
Religion	Baptist
Party	Labour
	Lord Privy Seal
In office
	9 March 1951 - 14 April 1951
	Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
In office
	27 July 1945 - 9 March 1951
Succeeded by	Herbert Morrison
	Minister of Labour and National Service
In office
	13 May 1940 - 23 May 1945
	Member of Parliament for Woolwich East
In office
	23 February 1950 - 14 April 1951
Preceded by	Ernest Bevin, Alfred Robens
	Member of Parliament for Wandsworth Central
In office
	22 June 1940 - 23 February 1950
Succeeded by	Ernest Bevin, Bernard Braine, Robert Carr, Roy Jenkins, Reginald Maudling, Fred Mulley, Enoch Powell, Alfred Robens, Duncan Sandys
	Transport and General Workers Union/General Secretary
In office
	1 January 1922 - 27 July 1945

Ernest Bevin was a British politician who was Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in the years after World War 2.

Activities

He joined Britain to the Marshall Plan program, strongly opposed communism and aided in the creation of NATO. Bevin was also instrumental to the founding of the Information Research Department (IRD), a secret propaganda wing of the British Foreign Office, which specialised in disinformation, anti-communism and pro-colonial propaganda.

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