Nigel Paul Farage ( born Nigel Paul Farage / ˈ f æ r ɑː ʒ / [2] ; born April 3, 1964) is a British politician , leader of the Brexit party since March 22, 2019, and was chairman of the Independence Party in 2010-2016. The United Kingdom .
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Biography
From 1975 to 1982 he studied at the prestigious Dalich College , after which he worked at the London Metal Exchange [3] .
Since the summer of 1999 he is a member of the European Parliament from southeast England . He was co-chairman of the parliamentary faction of Europe for freedom and direct democracy .
Faraj is one of the founders of the Independence Party of the United Kingdom, after the termination of membership in the Conservative Party in 1992 due to the signing of the Maastricht Treaty . After a series of unsuccessful election campaigns from the PNSC in the European and British parliamentary elections since 1994, he won the seat of the European Parliament from the constituency of southeast England in the 1999 European Parliament elections - the first year the regional list system began to be used - and was re-elected to 2004, 2009 and 2014.
In September 2006, Faraj became the leader of the United Kingdom’s Independence Party and led the party in the 2009 European Parliament , which won the second largest share of the vote, defeating Labor and Liberal Democrats with an advantage of more than 2 million votes. In November 2009, he resigned to concentrate on the struggle for the place of speaker John Birkow in the 2010 parliamentary elections in the UK. Faraj failed to defeat Birkow, taking third place in the Buckingham constituency.
In November 2010, Faraj won the election of the party leader, after the previous resignation. In October 2009, Faraj ranked 41st in The Daily Telegraph 's survey of “100 Most Influential Right-wing Politicians,” which highlighted his ability to use the media and the success of PNSK in the European elections. The faraj took 58th place on the 2010 The Daily Telegraph list. In the same list, compiled in 2012, he already took 17th place, and in 2013 - the second after the Prime Minister.
In the 2014 European elections , Faraj was re-elected and led the United Kingdom Independence Party to its first victory in the UK nationwide election. The victory of another - not Labor and Conservative - party in the general election took place for the first time since 1906.
The faraj is known for its harsh and often scandalous speeches in the European Parliament, criticizing European integration within the European Union and the euro currency circulation zone .
On July 4, 2016, he resigned as leader of the PNSK party [4] . In 2018, he left the PNSK in protest against the appointment of new party leader Gerard Batten to the post of his adviser to , known for his extreme right anti-Islamic views [5] , and in early 2019 founded the Brexit party to politically defend the results referendum on Britain's membership in the European Union .
Notes
- ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica
- ↑ Although Faraj himself pronounces his name in this way, he does not mind when using the alternative pronunciation / ˈ f æ r ɪ dʒ / . - Farage vs Paxman , Newsnight (YouTube - UKIP webmaster's channel) , April 18, 2010. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
- ↑ Carole Cadwalladr. Who is the real Nigel Farage ... and why won't he answer my questions? (eng.) . The Guardian (November 25, 2018). Date of treatment July 15, 2019.
- ↑ Nigel Faraj: interesting facts.
- ↑ Peter Walker. Gerard Batten quits as Ukip leader . The Guardian (3 June 2019). Date of treatment July 14, 2019.
Links
- Nigel Farage MEP Official Website