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Sir Gerald Bernard Kaufman (born 21 June 1930) is a British Labour politician who has been a Member of Parliament (MP) since 1970, first for Manchester Ardwick and then for Manchester Gorton. He was a government minister in the 1970s and a member of the Shadow Cabinet in the 1980s. He is the current Father of the House after the retirement of Peter Tapsell in 2015. ==Biography== The youngest of seven children, Kaufman was born in Leeds to Louis and Jane Kaufman. His parents were both Jewish and came from Poland before the First World War. He was educated at Leeds Grammar School,〔 and graduated with a degree in philosophy, politics and economics from the University of Oxford (Queen's College). During his time there, he was Secretary of the University Labour Club, where he prevented Rupert Murdoch from standing for office as he broke the Society's rule against canvassing. He was assistant general secretary of the Fabian Society from (1954–55), a lead writer on the ''Daily Mirror'' (1955–64) and a journalist on the ''New Statesman'' (1964–65). He was Parliamentary Press Liaison Officer for the Labour Party (1965–70) and eventually became a member of Prime Minister Harold Wilson's informal "kitchen cabinet". In the 1955 general election Kaufman had unsuccessfully contested the Conservative seat of Bromley, and in the 1959 general election, Gillingham. He became a writer, contributing to the satirical television comedy programme on BBC Television, ''That Was The Week That Was'' in 1962 and 1963, along with many other names,〔(The Papers of Sir Gerald Kaufman ) Churchill Archives Centre, Cambridge; the National Register of Archives, London and Janus Project, December 2006〕〔(The International Who's Who 2004 ) Google Books〕 where he was most remembered for the "Silent men of Westminster" sketch. He regularly appeared as a guest on its successor, ''Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life''. In 1999, he acted as chairman of the Booker Prize judges.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gerald Kaufman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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