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Don Touhig was born on 5 December, 1947 in Abersychan, Monmouthshire, Wales, is a British politician. Discover Don Touhig's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 76 years old?
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76 years old |
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Sagittarius |
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5 December, 1947 |
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5 December |
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Abersychan, Monmouthshire, Wales |
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Wales
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He is a member of famous politician with the age 76 years old group.
Don Touhig Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Don Touhig's Wife?
His wife is Jennifer Hughes (m. 1968-2014)
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Jennifer Hughes (m. 1968-2014) |
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Don Touhig Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Don Touhig worth at the age of 76 years old? Don Touhig’s income source is mostly from being a successful politician. He is from Wales. We have estimated Don Touhig's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Under Review |
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Timeline
James Donnelly Touhig, Baron Touhig (born 5 December 1947), known as Don Touhig, is a British politician and life peer who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Islwyn from 1995 to 2010.
He joined the TGWU in 1962 and the Labour Party in 1966.
Before entering parliament, he had been a journalist from 1968 to 1976.
Touhig was married on 21 September 1968 to Jennifer Hughes.
He served on Gwent County Council from 1973 to 1995.
From 1976 to 1990, he was the Editor of the Free Press of Monmouthshire (Monmouth Free Press).
From 1988 to 1992, he was the general manager and Editor-in-Chief of the Free Press Group of newspapers.
He was the general manager (business development) of the Bailey Group from 1992 to 1993, then of Bailey Print from 1993 to 1995.
Touhig contested the Richmond and Barnes constituency at the 1992 general election, but reached third-place behind the Conservative and Liberal Democrat candidates.
Following the resignation of Neil Kinnock, former Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party, he was elected to succeed him as MP for Islwyn at the by-election on 16 February 1995.
From 1996 to 1997, Touhig was a Member of the Welsh Affairs Select Committee.
He served as Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Gordon Brown, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, from May 1997 to July 1999.
A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties, he served in government as an Assistant Whip from 1999 to 2001 and a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State from 2001 to 2006.
He went to St Francis RC School in Abersychan near Pontypool, then the Mid Gwent College (now Coleg Gwent) in Pontypool.
He had to resign as PPS in 1999, when he confessed to receiving a leaked Social Security Select Committee report on Child benefit.
He was later suspended for three days from the Commons.
He was appointed to serve as an Assistant Whip from November 1999 to June 2001.
In Paul Flynn's 1999 book Dragons and Poodles, he was described as being the "seamstress-in-chief of stitch ups", that he could be "ambitious" and "can be pompous".
He was a junior minister at the Ministry of Defence, with special responsibility for veterans, but left government in the May 2006 reshuffle.
He was made a Member of the Privy Council on 19 July 2006.
On 29 January 2010, Touhig announced that he would stand down at the 2010 General Election.
On 28 June 2010, Touhig was made a life peer in the House of Lords as Baron Touhig, of Islwyn and Glansychan in the County of Gwent.
She died in 2014 from cancer, aged 67.
They have two sons and two daughters.
He is a papal knight of the Order of Saint Sylvester (KSS).
He was appointed to the opposition front bench as a Whip and Shadow Spokesperson for Defence in September 2015, serving as a Whip until September 2016 and a Defence Spokesperson until October 2017.
He returned to the defence brief from April 2020 to May 2021.
