Reg Freeson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Reg Freeson

British politician

Date of Birth: 24-Feb-1926

Place of Birth: London Borough of Camden, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 09-Oct-2006

Profession: politician

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Reg Freeson

  • Reginald Yarnitz Freeson (24 February 1926 – 9 October 2006) was a British Labour politician.
  • He was a Member of Parliament for 23 years, from 1964 to 1987, with 14 years on the front bench.
  • He became a junior minister in the Ministry of Power in 1967, and then led his party on housing policy for 10 years, from 1969 to 1979, serving as Minister of State for Housing from 1969 to 1970 and then again from 1974 to 1979, and being his party's housing spokesman in the intervening period.
  • He continued as health and social security spokesman until 1981.
  • His soft-left opinions made him vulnerable to the hard left in the early 1980s, and he was deselected in 1985, leaving Parliament at the 1987 general election.

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