Greville Janner, Baron Janner of Braunstone
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Greville Ewan Janner, Baron Janner of Braunstone (born July 11, 1928) is a British politician in the Labour Party.
He was born in Cardiff, Wales to Jewish [1] parents. He was educated at St Paul’s School in London and during the war was evacuated to Canada where he went to Bishop’s College School, Lennoxville, Quebec. Later, Lord Janner trained as a lawyer, attending Trinity Hall, Cambridge where he was President of the Cambridge Union Society in 1952, and Harvard Law School, which he attended through both the Fulbright and Smith-Mundt awards. He became a barrister and was appointed a QC (Queens Counsel) in 1971[citation needed]. .
He represented Leicester North West and then Leicester West in the House of Commons from 1970 until his retirement in 1997[citation needed]. . His predecessor in the seat was his father, Sir Barnett Janner. It is now held by Patricia Hewitt.
He was president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, the main representative body of British Jewry, from 1978 to 1984, and was a key campaigner in the efforts to get reparations for victims of the Holocaust[citation needed]. .
He was created a life peer as Baron Janner of Braunstone, of Leicester in the County of Leicestershire in 1997[citation needed]. . He is a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group against Anti-Semitism, and the Israel APPG[citation needed]. .
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Lord Janner is Founder and President of the Commonwealth Jewish Council and Chairman of the Holocaust Educational Trust[citation needed]. .
He is the Chairman of Holocaust Educational Trust's Baltic Mass Graves Committee, seeking to find, map, signpost and mark the Holocaust mass graves in the Baltic States[citation needed]. .
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He wrote several manuals on public speaking, notably "Janner on Presentation" (Hutchinson Business.) He is a member of The Magic Circle and the International Brotherhood of Magicians.[2]
Lord Janner has throughout his career sought to foster good relations between different faiths and religions. His book, One Hand Alone Cannot Clap, is testament to this work. [3]
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| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Sir Barnett Janner |
Member of Parliament for Leicester North West 1970–1974 |
Succeeded by constituency abolished |
| Preceded by constituency reconstituted |
Member of Parliament for Leicester West 1974–1997 |
Succeeded by Patricia Hewitt |
