Chapter 783 Prosperous Earth
“I am very happy that you can accept this position, Mr. Miliband. I have said before that if there is one person who can make this foundation play its greatest role, then there is no one except you. Someone else."
Sitting in front of Barron was a middle-aged man with black hair who looked quite elegant. After hearing Barron's words, he smiled and said:
"I believe this is a challenge, but I will try my best to do it well."
Before the Labor Party conference in September this year, Brown resigned as leader of the Labor Party as he had previously promised.
In fact, as early as May this year, after the results of the British general election were announced, Brown promised to resign as party leader before the Labor Party conference in September in order to facilitate the formation of a joint government between the Labor Party and the Liberal Democratic Party.
But in the end, the Conservative Party, led by Cameron, successfully formed a coalition with the Liberal Democrats.
Interestingly, at the Labor Party conference three months ago, the most popular candidates to compete for the leadership of the Labor Party were a pair of brothers, David Miliband and his younger brother Ed Milley. Bender.
They both previously held important positions in Brown's cabinet, with David Miliband as the previous Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Secretary and Ed Miliband as Energy and Climate Change Secretary.
As mentioned before, in the ranking of the British cabinet members, in addition to the most important Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer, the next one is the Foreign Secretary, so the importance of David Miliband is evident.
In the Labor leadership race at the time, according to betting company rankings, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Secretary David Miliband was the most likely to be elected, followed closely by his younger brother, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband.
David Miliband is considered the best candidate to serve as Labor leader, but his brother Ed is seen as Labour's best hope.
But the result was unexpected. In the end, David's brother Ed Miliband won and became the new leader of the Labor Party after Brown.
Sitting in front of Barron at this time is David Miliband, who has agreed to serve as chairman and CEO of the Prosperous Earth Foundation, which is supported by Barron.
Prosperity Earth Foundation (PEF) is a non-governmental organization, the so-called NGO (Non-Governmental Organization). This foundation is mainly funded by Barron and some related companies, and its role is very important. Broadly, it will promote the development and funding of environmental protection, social relief, medical care, education, culture and other fields in the UK and overseas.
The reason why Barron was able to invite David Miliband, an influential figure in British politics and the world, to join the Prosperous Earth Foundation (PEF) this time is because the first phase of PEF will receive up to 500 million US dollars in funds, and Barron has no specific requirements for the projects that the foundation will carry out. The only thing needed is for David Miliband to improve the structure of the foundation and make it have a certain level of Influence.
As Barron said, David Miliband can be said to be the most suitable person to head the Prosperous Earth Foundation.
In addition to the fact that he previously served as the British Minister of Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, he has good personal relationships with many important figures in Europe, the United States, Asia, Africa and Latin America - for example, he has good personal relationships with the current Secretary of State of the United States, the former First Lady Hillary has a very good relationship—— In addition, he was also an important think tank of Brown, and also participated in the founding of the Center for EU Reform. In 2001, when EU countries formulated the "Laiken Declaration" calling for EU institutional reform, David Miliband also participated in drafting it. One of the people on the foreign policy section of the declaration. In addition, after missing out on the position of leader of the Labor Party, David Miliband also hoped to have a platform that could give full play to his abilities, so he accepted the position at Barron's invitation.
In Barron's previous life, David Miliband later served as Chairman of International Relief in 2013, and remained in this position until Barron's rebirth. , is still in office and doing a great job - this is one of the reasons why Barron insisted on inviting him to the Prosperous Earth Foundation.
"Your Highness the Duke, this is a draft plan I have made for PEF. If there are no problems, I am ready to work on this basis."
David took out a copy from his briefcase After handing the document to him, Barron read it carefully, raised his head and said to him:
"As I said to you before, Mr. Miliband, at the beginning, I would not interfere with your work, you can choose what you think is most appropriate Ways to carry out..."
Having said that, from the plan that Barron just saw, it can be clearly found that Miliband first chose to go beyond England and develop the Prosperous Earth Fund in Asia and Africa. According to his idea, the PEF headquarters and a specialized research institution will be established in London. It will first conduct research on relevant situations in West Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia, and choose to start in the fields of health care and education.
Well, I have to say that David Miliband still has a lot of ideas - after all, the Conservative Party currently forms the government in England. With David's background, if he chooses to start prosperity in England, The business of the Earth Foundation is easily subject to suspicion by the other party.
But now that he has skipped the UK and started from West Africa and other regions, not only is it easier to build the reputation of Prosperous Earth and penetrate into influence, it also shows that he is also a sensible person. He has studied some of Barron's industries and knows how to do it. Only then will he get more support from Barron...
It is also worth mentioning that David Miliband’s background is quite interesting. He was born in London in 1965 and is a Polish Jewish immigrant. Descendants...
His father, Raf Miliband, was a famous Marxist theorist, and his grandfather fought for the Soviet Red Army.
In addition, although he is a Jew, he does not belong to a branch of Zionism. In March this year, when he was still serving as Foreign Secretary, he expelled Israeli diplomats in the UK, which caused strong opposition in the country. dissatisfied.
That’s because on January 20 this year, Hamas top executive Mabhouh was found dead in a hotel room in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
After investigation, the Dubai police believe that agents of the Israeli spy agency "Mossad" forged other people's passports and entered Dubai to carry out assassinations.
The forged passports were British, French, German, Irish and Australian passports.
Later, David Miliband read a statement in Parliament, saying that in this assassination incident, Israel was responsible for the misuse of 12 British passports and therefore expelled an Israeli diplomat...< br>
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