Bevin,Ernest

Bevin,Ernest
Bev·in (bĕvʹĭn), Ernest. 1884-1951.
British labor leader and politician who served as minister of labor (1940-1945) and foreign minister (1945-1951) and was instrumental in postwar diplomacy, notably the NATO treaty of 1949.

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