Английская Википедия:Garfield Davies, Baron Davies of Coity

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox officeholder David Garfield Davies, Baron Davies of Coity, Шаблон:Post-nominals (24 June 1935[1] – 4 March 2019 [2]) was a Labour Co-operative peer in the House of Lords and a former trade union leader.

Biography

Davies left school at 15 and worked as an electrician, serving in the Royal Air Force 1956–58. In 1969 he became a full-time trade union official with USDAW and rose through the ranks, becoming General Secretary of the union in 1986.[3] He retired in 1997.[3]

Davies was named CBE in 1996 and created a life peer as Baron Davies of Coity, of Penybont in the County of Mid Glamorgan on 1 October 1997.[4][5] Davies belonged to the Labour Friends of Israel lobby group.[6]

Baron Davies of Coity died on 4 March 2019, aged 83.[7]

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