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Harriet Harman

ハリエット・ハーマン　/　はりえっと・はーまん

Politician from United Kingdom

July 30, 1950 (age 75)　・　London, United Kingdom

politician
lawyer
solicitor

My Take

Harriet Harman strikes me as one of British politics' most quietly consequential operators. A solicitor by training and York-educated, she rose to Deputy Leader and Chair of Labour, even serving as acting leader and Leader of the House of Commons. What I admire most is the persistence over flash. She spent decades pushing women's rights through a stubbornly male Parliament, the kind of slow structural work that rarely makes headlines but reshapes a country. Ennoblement as a baroness never seemed to soften her edge. To me she embodies conviction as a long game rather than a performance.

Overview

Harriet Ruth Harman, Baroness Harman (born 30 July 1950) is a British politician and solicitor who served as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and Chair of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2015 and Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal from 2007 to 2010.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Harriet Harman
Name (Japanese): ハリエット・ハーマン
Reading: はりえっと・はーまん
Born: July 30, 1950 (age 75)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Leo / Tiger
Origin: London, United Kingdom
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: politician / lawyer / solicitor / jurist

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: University of York

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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6. Links

Official sitehttps://www.harrietharman.org/
Xhttps://x.com/HarrietHarman
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A8%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3

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