Peter (Gerald) Hain - Early life in South Africa, Move to the UK, Publications

British politician, born in Nairobi, Kenya. His family moved to the UK in 1966 on account of their anti-apartheid activity, and he was educated at London and Sussex universities. He was active in the anti-apartheid movement in the UK, and particularly prominent in successful campaigns to prevent tours by South African sports teams. Chairman of the Young Liberals (1971–3) and active in the anti-Nazi League (1977–80), he was a trade union research officer (1976–91) before becoming Labour MP for Neath (1991– ), having left the Liberal Party in the early 1980s. He served as an opposition whip (1995–6) and as a spokesman on employment (1996–7), before moving to the Welsh Office as an under-secretary. Following the Welsh Assembly election (1998) he was moved to the Foreign Office, then had a brief spell as energy minister before returning to the Foreign Office as minister for Europe after the 2001 general election. He became secretary of state for Wales in 2002 and Leader of the Commons (2003–5). Following Labour's reelection in the 2005 general election, he was also given the role of Northern Ireland secretary.

Peter Hain

Constituency	Neath
Served	1991 — present
Majority	12,710 (35.5%)
Political Party	Labour Party
Portfolio	Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and Secretary of State for Wales

Peter Gerald Hain (born February 16, 1950, Nairobi, Kenya) is a British Labour Party politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and Secretary of State for Wales.

Early life in South Africa

Hain was born to South African parents who were anti-apartheid activists in the South African Liberal Party, for which they were made "banned persons", briefly jailed, and prevented from working.

Move to the UK

In 1966 the family fled South Africa and settled in London, where Peter's father Walter Hain made a living as an architect. A 1972 private prosecution brought by Francis Bennion in regard to his leadership of the illegal direct-action interference with the tours resulted in a ten-day Old Bailey Trial with the jury failing to agree on three charges and hence he was acquitted on those charges, but Peter Hain was found guilty of criminal conspiracy and fined £200.

Hain was educated at Emanuel School, Queen Mary College, University of London, and the University of Sussex, before working as a researcher for the Union of Communication Workers, rising to become their head of research.

Hain moved briefly to the Department of Trade and Industry before returning to the Foreign Office as minister for Europe.

On 6 May 2005, following the 2005 general election, Hain was appointed as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, retaining his Welsh position also.

Publications

Don't Play with Apartheid: Background to the Stop the Seventy Tour Campaign by Peter Hain, 1971, Allen & U ISBN 0-04-301031-8 Radical Liberalism and Youth Politics by Peter Hain, 1973, Liberal Publications Department ISBN 0-900520-36-1 Radical Regeneration by Peter Hain, 1975, Quartet Books ISBN 0-7043-1231-X Community Politics Edited by Peter Hain, 1976, Calder Publications Ltd ISBN 0-7145-3543-5 Mistaken Identity: The Wrong Face of the Law by Peter Hain, 1976, Quartet Books ISBN 0-7043-3116-0 Radicals and Socialism by Peter Hain and Simon Hebditch, 1978, Institute for Workers' Control ISBN 0-901740-55-1 Policing the Police Edited by Peter Hain, 1979, J Calder ISBN 0-7145-3624-5 Debate of the Decade: The Crisis and Future of the Left edited by Peter Hain, 1980, Pluto Press ISBN 0-86104-313-8 Neighbourhood Participation by Peter Hain, 1980, M. Smith ISBN 0-85117-198-2 Policing the Police Edited by Peter Hain, 1980, J Calder ISBN 0-7145-3796-9 Reviving the Labour Party by Peter Hain, 1980, Institute for Workers' Control ISBN 0-901740-69-1 The Democratic Alternative: A Socialist Response to Britain's Crisis by Peter Hain, 1983, Penguin Books Ltd ISBN 0-14-006955-0 Political Trials in Britain by Peter Hain, 1985, Penguin Books Ltd ISBN 0-14-007935-1 Political Strikes: The State and Trade Unionism in Britain by Peter Hain, 1986, Penguin Books Ltd ISBN 0-14-007962-9 Proportional Misrepresentation by Peter Hain, 1986, Gower Publishing Ltd ISBN 0-7045-0526-6 A Putney Plot? by Peter Hain, 1987, Spokesman Books ISBN 0-85124-481-5 Ayes to the Left by Peter Hain, 1995, Lawrence & Wishart Ltd ISBN 0-85315-832-0 The Peking Connection by Peter Hain, 1995, Lawrence & Wishart Ltd ISBN 0-85315-823-1 Sing the Beloved Country: Struggle for the New South Africa by Peter Hain, 1996, Pluto Press ISBN 0-7453-0997-6 The End of Foreign Policy? by Robin Cook and Peter Hain, 2001, Royal Institute of International Affairs ISBN 1-86203-131-2 New Designs for Europe by Katinkya Barysch, Steven Everts, Heather Grabbe et al, introduction by Peter Hain, 2002, Centre for European Reform ISBN 1-901229-35-1 The Future Party by Peter Hain and Ian McCartney, 2004, Catalyst Press ISBN 1-904508-10-3