David Miliband

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“David Miliband 2” by Foreign and Commonwealth Office – http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/photographs_of_ministers_45. Licensed under OGL via Wikimedia Commons.

Birth Name: David Wright Miliband

Place of Birth: Hampstead, London, England, U.K.

Date of Birth: 15 July, 1965

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

David Miliband is a British politician, public policy analyst, and charity executive. He has been President and chief executive officer (CEO) of the International Rescue Committee, since 1 September, 2013. A member of the Labour Party, he served as Director of the Number 10 Policy Unit, from 2 May, 1997 to 7 June, 2001, Minister of State for Communities and Local Government, from 11 May, 2005 to 5 May, 2006, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, from 5 May, 2006 to 27 June, 2007, and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, from 28 June, 2007 to 11 May, 2010; as well as, a Member of Parliament for South Shields, from 7 June, 2001 to 15 April, 2013, among other duties.

His brother is politician Ed Miliband, who led the Labour Party from 2010 to 2015. The two brothers both ran for the party’s leadership in 2010, with Ed narrowly winning over David.

His father, Ralph Miliband, was a Belgian-born Marxist academic, of Polish Jewish origin, who fled with his parents to England during World War II. His mother, Marion Kozak, a human rights campaigner and early CND member, is a Polish Jew who survived the Holocaust, being protected by non-Jewish Poles.

David is married to professional violinist Louise Shackelton, with whom he has two children.

His middle name, Wright, is after American sociologist C. Wright Mills, who was a friend of David’s father.

David’s paternal grandfather was Samuel Miliband (the son of Zyndel Gershon Mileband and Chana Leah Auslender). Zyndel was the son of Abram Moise Miliband and Esther Tempeldiner. Chana was the daughter of Abraham Ytszak Auslender and Rebecca Rachel Fiszman.

David’s paternal grandmother was named Renia/Renée Steinlauf.

David’s maternal grandfather was Dawid Kozak (the son of Mosek Mauryc Kozak and Ulda Adela Hercberg). Dawid was born in Częstochowa, Poland, and died in Harzungen, Germany, in 1945; he was murdered in the Holocaust. Mosek was born in Częstochowa, the son of Abram Kozak and Cyrla Laja Kopinska. Ulda was born in Żarki, Poland, the daughter of Dawid Hercberg and Estera Szyjowicz.

David’s maternal grandmother was Bronislawa/Bronia Brucha Landau (the daughter of Dawid Herszlik Landau and Doba/Dobra Entla Gitla Kromolowska). Bronislawa was born in Przyrów, Poland. Dawid was the son of Mortka Landau and Rajzla. Doba was born in Koniecpol, the daughter of Jochim Lewek Kromolowski and Liba Rajzla Frid.

Source: Genealogy of David Miliband – https://www.geni.com

Information about David’s maternal grandfather, Dawid Kozak – http://www.dailymail.co.uk