Kinnock, Glenys (1944–)

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Kinnock, Glenys (1944–)

Welsh politician. Born July 7, 1944, in Roade, Northamptonshire, England.

Teacher (1967–94); as a European Socialist, elected to 4th and 5th European Parliament (1994–99, 1999–2004) from UK; named co-president of members from the EP to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean, and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU). Wrote Eritrea: Images of War and Peace (1988), Namibia: Birth of a Nation (1990), and By Faith and Daring (1993).