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| Born | Daniel William Finkelstein 30 August 1962 |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | University College School |
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Daniel William Finkelstein, Baron Finkelstein, OBE (born 30 August 1962) is a British journalist, author, political advisor and politician.[1] He is a former executive editor of The Times, where he remains a weekly political columnist, and has been a regular columnist at The Jewish Chronicle since 2010.[2][3] Finkelstein was formerly an advisor to Prime Minister John Major and leader of the Conservative Party William Hague.[4] Since 2013 he has sat as a Conservative Peer of the House of Lords.
He is a former chairman of Policy Exchange who was succeeded by David Frum in 2014.[5] He is Chairman of the centre-right public policy think tank Onward and was a Founding Director of the Social Market Foundation. He is also a Vice President of the Jewish Leadership Council and one of the co-hosts of the weekly podcast How To Win An Election from The Times, presented by Matt Chorley and alongside Peter Mandelson and Polly Mackenzie.[6][7]
In 2023 he published his first book, a memoir titled Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad, describing the persecution of his Jewish parents in the Second World War, how his mother survived Hitler's death camps and his father endured slave labour and starvation in Stalin's Siberian Gulag.
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- ^ "Lord Finkelstein OBE - Onward". Onward. Archived from the original on 25 February 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Policy Exchange appoints David Frum as new chairman" (Press release). Policy Exchange. 19 September 2014. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014.,
- ^ "The Times signs big political names for How To Win An Election podcast". Podcasting Today. 20 October 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ "Council & Vice Presidents - The Jewish Leadership Council". Jewish Leadership Council. Archived from the original on 15 May 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.