David Ivor Young

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Person.png David Ivor Young   AmazonRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(politician, businessman)
David Ivor Young.jpg
Born1932-02-27
Finchley, United Kingdom
NationalityUK
Alma materUniversity College London
Member ofBruges Group
PartyConservative
UK politician who attended two Bilderbergs in the 1980s

Employment.png Secretary of State for Trade and Industry link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Business, _Energy_and_Industrial_Strategy

In office
13 June 1987 - 24 July 1989
Preceded byPaul Channon
Succeeded byNicholas Ridley

Employment.png Secretary of State for Employment Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
2 September 1985 - 13 June 1987
Preceded byTom King

Employment.png Minister without Portfolio Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
11 September 1984 - 2 September 1985

Employment.png Member of the House of Lords Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
10 October 1984 - Present

David Ivor Young, Baron Young of Graffham

Career

"In the 1960s, David Young built up a group of companies in industrial property, construction and plant hire. He left the group in 1970 to form a property banking company with the American bank Manufacturers Hanover Trust. He began to spend increasing amount of time advising Sir Keith Joseph and the reinvigorated Conservative Party under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher and became a director of the Centre of Policy Studies. After the 1979 election Young became Special Adviser to the Department of Industry. In 1982, he was made chairman of the Manpower Services Commission. He became a life peer in 1984 and joined the Cabinet a year later as Minister without Portfolio."[1]

 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/198510 May 198512 May 1985New York
US
Arrowwood of Westchester
Rye Brook
The 33rd Bilderberg, held in Canada
Bilderberg/198625 April 198627 April 1986Scotland
Gleneagles Hotel
The 34th Bilderberg, 109 participants
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