Morgan served as head of the Labour Party's Overseas Department from 1965 to 1969, succeeding David Ennals. He was then assistant general secretary to Harry Nicholas from 1969 to 1972. Morgan was groomed to succeed Nicholas as General Secretary of the Labour Party, but when Nicholas retired the National Executive Committee instead narrowly selected Ron Hayward. The committee was deadlocked for three consecutive ballots, with the left-leaning Hayward finally winning on the casting vote of chairman Tony Benn.[3]
gwyn, morgan, civil, servant, john, gwynfryn, morgan, february, 1934, april, 2010, british, labour, party, official, civil, servant, morgan, born, cwmdare, wales, coal, miner, attended, aberdare, boys, grammar, school, before, going, university, college, wales. John Gwynfryn Morgan OBE 16 February 1934 21 April 2010 was a British Labour Party official and EU civil servant Morgan was born in Cwmdare Wales the son of a coal miner He attended Aberdare Boys Grammar School before going on to the University College Wales Aberystwyth where he studied Classics He also played Second XI Championship cricket for Glamorgan 1 From 1960 to 1962 Morgan was president of the National Union of Students He was also Secretary General of the International Student Conference a non communist competitor of the International Union of Students 2 3 Morgan served as head of the Labour Party s Overseas Department from 1965 to 1969 succeeding David Ennals He was then assistant general secretary to Harry Nicholas from 1969 to 1972 Morgan was groomed to succeed Nicholas as General Secretary of the Labour Party but when Nicholas retired the National Executive Committee instead narrowly selected Ron Hayward The committee was deadlocked for three consecutive ballots with the left leaning Hayward finally winning on the casting vote of chairman Tony Benn 3 In 1973 Morgan left the British political scene to go and work for the European Commission Until 1975 he was chief of staff to George Thomson the European Commissioner for Regional Policy Morgan later held various EU administrative and diplomatic positions and helped create the European Development Fund 2 He was prominent in the Yes campaign for the 1975 EEC membership referendum and was also on the bureau of the Socialist International In his personal life Morgan was a director of London Welsh RFC He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE in 1999 3 See also EditList of presidents of the National Union of StudentsReferences Edit John Gwynfryn Morgan OBE Archived 2014 11 11 at the Wayback Machine Aberdare Boys Grammar School a b Tam Dalyell Gwyn Morgan Labour politician who might have prevented the SDP breakaway The Independent 14 May 2010 a b c Tom McNally Gwyn Morgan obituary The Guardian 14 May 2010 Party political officesPreceded byDavid Ennals Secretary of the International Department of the Labour Party1965 1969 Succeeded byTom McNally nbsp nbsp This Welsh biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gwyn Morgan civil servant amp oldid 1100431660, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
