MacSHANE, Denis Rt Hon Dr

Member for Rotherham since 1994. Committees: Chair, Allparty Parliamentary Inquiry into Anti-Semitism; Member, Finance Bill Committee 1995; Member, Korea Group; Member, Taiwan Group. Political career: Privy Councillor June 2005; Appointed Minister for Europe 2002; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 1997-2001; Parliamentary Candidate for Solihull 1974. Special political interests: Economy, manufacturing, fiscal, labour market, European policy issues. Profession/Trade: President, National Union of Journalists 1978-79; BBC producer 1969-77; international trade union official. Education: St Benedict-s School, Ealing; Merton College, Oxford; London University, MA History, PhD International Economics. Author of: Edward Heath biography to be published autumn 2006. Fran-oise Mitterand - a Political Biography; Solidarity - Poland-s Independent Trade Union; Power! - Black Workers and the Struggle for Freedom in South Africa; International Labour and the Origins of the Cold War; writes regularly for national newspapers and political journals, also for French, German and American newspapers. Affiliations: Senior member of the Fabian Society Executive. Hobbies: Skiing, walking, gardening. b. 21 May 1948. Married with four children.