Ernest Bevin
Historical Figure

Ernest Bevin

British politician (1881–1951)

About Ernest Bevin

Ernest Bevin was a British statesman, trade union leader and Labour Party politician. He co-founded and served as General Secretary of the powerful Transport and General Workers' Union from 1922 to 1940 and served as Minister of Labour and National Service in the wartime coalition government. He succeeded in maximising the British labour supply for both the armed services and domestic industrial production with a minimum of strikes and disruption.Wikipedia ↗

Associated Events

Treaty1949 CE – 1949 CE

NATO Treaty

The North Atlantic Treaty established a military alliance of Western democracies committed to collective defense against Soviet expansion, creating NATO.