Aneurin Bevan
Welsh politician (1897-1960) · United Kingdom · On the map · Politicians · Died at 62
Aneurin "Nye" Bevan was a Welsh Labour Party politician, noted for spearheading the creation of the British National Health Service during his tenure as Minister of Health in Clement Attlee's government. He is also known for his wider contribution to the founding of the British welfare state.
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![The Tredegar Query Club by friends including Aneurin Bevan and Walter Conway. Conway is in the middle of the picture. Aneurin is second from right on the back row and his brother Billy is second right on front row.[14]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/ClubqueryWConwayBevan2.jpg/330px-ClubqueryWConwayBevan2.jpg)
The Tredegar Query Club by friends including Aneurin Bevan and Walter Conway. Conway is in the middle of the picture. Aneurin is second from right on the back row and his brother Billy is second right on front row.[14]
Bevan talking to a patient at Park Hospital, Manchester, the day the NHS came into being
Statue of Bevan in Cardiff by Robert Thomas
Aneurin Bevan speaking in Corwen in 1952
A portrait of Bevan in the Senedd building
The main stone of the Aneurin Bevan Memorial Stones at the Sirhowy Valley WalkAbout this person
He was first elected as MP for Ebbw Vale in 1929, and used his Parliamentary platform to make a number of influential criticisms of Winston Churchill and his government during the Second World War. Before entering Parliament, Bevan was involved in miners' union politics and was a leading figure in the 1926 general strike. Bevan is widely regarded as one of the most influential left-wing politicians in British history.
