| Ed Miliband was born on Christmas Eve 1969 to Polish | | | | Hi younger brother David Miliband is also a politician and |
| Jewish immigrants Marion Kozak and the late Marxist | | | | stood against Ed Miliband in the Labour leadership |
| intellectual Ralph Miliband (a Brussels native whose | | | | election to choose the successor to Gordon Brown |
| parents were from Warsaw). During his teenage | | | | following his resignation after the general election |
| years he reviewed films and plays on LBC Radio's | | | | defeat. The Miliband brothers are the first siblings to sit |
| Young London programme as one of its "Three | | | | in Cabinet simultaneously since Edward, Lord Stanley |
| O'Clock Reviewers", and worked as an intern to Tony | | | | and his brother Oliver in 1938. |
| Benn. | | | | After a short career in television journalism, Miliband |
| t;Was Gordon Brown A Good Prime Minister? Answer | | | | became a speechwriter and researcher for the |
| gt;> | | | | Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Harriet |
| Ed Miliband attended Haverstock Comprehensive | | | | Harman in 1993, and then for Shadow Chancellor of |
| School in the Chalk Farm district of London. On | | | | the Exchequer Gordon Brown the following year. |
| completion of his A levels, he studied PPE at Corpus | | | | After Labours landslide victory in 1997 Ed Miliband was |
| Christi College, Oxford where he graduated with a BA. | | | | given the role of one of Gordon Browns special |
| He then studied a masters degree at The London | | | | advisors with his main responsibility being that of |
| School of Economics where he was awarded an | | | | speechwriter for the Chancellor of the Exchequer |
| MSc in Economics. | | | | As the new Labour leader he faces the task of |
| Ed Miliband has be an MP for Doncaster North since | | | | swaying people away from the new Conservative |
| 2005 and was a member of the cabinet from 2007 to | | | | Liberal Democrat coalition. However, with the |
| 2010 where initially he was the Minister for the Cabinet | | | | "ConDems" making massive cuts the new leader's job |
| Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. | | | | is becoming easier every day. |
| After this he was given the role as Secretary of State | | | | t;Was Gordon Brown A Good Prime Minister? |
| for Energy and Climate Change. | | | | |