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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Ruth Kelly</span></h1>
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<p><b>Ruth Maria Kelly</b> (* <a href="9._Mai" title="9. Mai">9. Mai</a> <a href="1968" title="1968">1968</a> in <a href="Limavady" title="Limavady">Limavady</a>, <a href="Nordirland" title="Nordirland">Nordirland</a>) ist eine britische Politikerin (<a href="Labour_Party" title="Labour Party">Labour Party</a>). Sie war Ministerin in den Regierungen von <a href="Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a> und <a href="Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leben">Leben</h2></div>
<p>Ruth Kelly absolvierte von 1986 bis 1989 ein Bachelorstudium in Philosophie, Politik und Wirtschaft am <a href="Queen%E2%80%99s_College_(Oxford)" title="Queen’s College (Oxford)">Queen’s College</a> der <a href="Universit%C3%A4t_Oxford" class="mw-redirect" title="Universität Oxford">Universität Oxford</a>. 1992 graduierte sie mit einem Masterabschluss in Wirtschaftswissenschaften an der <a href="London_School_of_Economics_and_Political_Science" title="London School of Economics and Political Science">London School of Economics and Political Science</a>. Anschließend war sie in der Lehre an der spanischen <a href="Universit%C3%A4t_Navarra" title="Universität Navarra">Universität Navarra</a> in <a href="Pamplona" title="Pamplona">Pamplona</a> tätig. 1990 wurde sie zudem Wirtschaftsjournalistin für <a href="The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a>, 1994 wechselte sie als stellvertretende Leiterin der Abteilung Inflation zur <a href="Bank_of_England" title="Bank of England">Bank of England</a>. 2010 wurde Kelly <i>Global Head of Client Strategy</i> bei der Bank <a href="HSBC" title="HSBC">HSBC</a>. Seit Juli 2015 ist sie <i>Pro Vice-Chancellor</i> der <a href="St_Mary%E2%80%99s_University%2C_Twickenham" title="St Mary’s University, Twickenham">St. Mary’s University</a> in Twickenham.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Am 6. August 2020 ernannte <a href="Papst_Franziskus" class="mw-redirect" title="Papst Franziskus">Papst Franziskus</a> sie als eine von sechs Frauen zum Mitglied des <a href="Vatikanischer_Wirtschaftsrat" class="mw-redirect" title="Vatikanischer Wirtschaftsrat">Vatikanischen Wirtschaftsrates</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Politik">Politik</h3></div>
<p>Kelly wurde 1990 Mitglied der Labour Party und vertrat den <a href="Wahlkreis_Bethnal_Green_and_Stepney" title="Wahlkreis Bethnal Green and Stepney">Wahlkreis Bethnal Green and Stepney</a>, einen Wahlkreis im Osten Londons. Seit dem 1. Mai 1997 gehörte Kelly dem <a href="House_of_Commons_(Vereinigtes_K%C3%B6nigreich)" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Commons (Vereinigtes Königreich)">Unterhaus</a> für Bolton West an und fungierte seitdem in verschiedenen Ämtern der Regierungen <a href="Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Blair</a> und <a href="Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Brown</a>. U. a. war sie von 2006 bis 2007 Frauenministerin und von 2007 bis 2008 Verkehrsministerin in der Regierung von <a href="Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a>.
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<p>Kelly ist Mitglied der <a href="R%C3%B6misch-katholische_Kirche" title="Römisch-katholische Kirche">römisch-katholischen</a> Laienorganisation <a href="Opus_Dei" title="Opus Dei">Opus Dei</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wegen ihrer 2005 bekannt gewordenen Mitgliedschaft in dieser Organisation ist sie in liberalen politischen Kreisen umstritten.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Ruth Kelly ist verheiratet und hat einen Sohn und drei Töchter.
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<div class="sisterproject" style="margin:0.1em 0 0 0;"><div class="noresize noviewer" style="display:inline-block; line-height:10px; min-width:1.6em; text-align:center;" aria-hidden="true" role="presentation"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Commons"></span></span></div><b><span class=""><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ruth_Kelly?uselang=de"><span lang="en">Commons</span>: Ruth Kelly</a></span></b> – Sammlung von Bildern, Videos und Audiodateien</div>
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ruthkellymp.co.uk/">Offizielle Webpräsenz</a> (engl.)</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1053110/Blair-Brown-Labour-face-disaster-polls--make-worse-Ruth-Kelly-hints-quit-Cabinet.html?ITO=1490">Artikel in der Daily Mail</a>, 7. September 2008</li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.stmarys.ac.uk/news/2015/07/ruth-kelly-appointed-pro-vice-chancellor-for-research-enterprise-at-st-marys/">Ruth Kelly appointed Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research & Enterprise at St Mary’s.</a></i> Pressemitteilung der Hochschule vom 1. Juli 2015, abgerufen am 12. September 2017.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/romancuria/d59.htm">Zusammensetzung des Wirtschaftsrats</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.scotsman.com/news/education/opus-dei-catholic-sect-confirms-kelly-is-a-member-1-672209">Opus Dei Catholic sect confirms Kelly is a member.</a></i> In: <i><a href="The_Scotsman" title="The Scotsman">The Scotsman</a></i>, 21. Januar 2005, abgerufen am 12. September 2017.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Piers Paul: <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3647365/You-can-trust-them-to-sell-you-a-car.html">You can trust them to sell you a car.</a></i> In: <i><a href="The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Telegraph</a></i>, 13. Oktober 2005, abgerufen am 12. September 2017.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/4756399.stm">Kelly’s views on gays questioned.</a></i> In: <i><a href="BBC_News" title="BBC News">BBC News</a></i>, 9. Mai 2006, abgerufen am 12. September 2017.</span>
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