John Enoch Powell, MBE (16 June 1912 – 8 February 1998) was a British politician, linguist, writer, academic, soldier and poet. He was a Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) between 1950 and February 1974, and an Ulster Unionist MP between October 1974 and 1987. He was controversial through most of his career, and his tenure in senior office was brief.

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  • John Enoch Powell, MBE (16 June 1912 – 8 February 1998) was a British politician, linguist, writer, academic, soldier and poet. He was a Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) between 1950 and February 1974, and an Ulster Unionist MP between October 1974 and 1987. He was controversial through most of his career, and his tenure in senior office was brief. He had strong and distinctive views on matters such as immigration, national identity, monetary policy, and the United Kingdom's entry into the European Economic Community, which later became the European Union. He was dismissed from the Shadow Cabinet for his controversial and widely remembered 1968 "Rivers of Blood" speech in opposition to mass Commonwealth immigration to Britain.
  • John Enoch Powell [dʒɔn 'i:nɔk 'pauəl], MBE, war ein britischer Politiker. Umstritten während der Karriere, währte seine Amtszeit nur kurz. Seine Fähigkeiten als Polemiker und Redner sicherten ihm bemerkenswerte öffentliche Unterstützung für seine kontroversen Ansichten zu Themen wie Immigration und den Beitritt Großbritanniens zur Europäischen Gemeinschaft und entzündete nationale Debatten, die sich bis heute fortsetzen.
  • Enoch Powell byl britský konzervativní politik, v letech 1950 až 1974 člen britské Konzervativní strany a v letech 1974 až 1987 Ulsterské unionistické strany, známý svou kritikou imigrace a členství Velké Británie v Evropské unii.
  • Enoch Powell était un homme politique et écrivain anglais.
  • È stato eletto al parlamento inglese dal 1950 al 1987, prima nel collegio elettorale di Wolverhampton per il Conservative Party fino al febbraio 1974, poi nel collegio di Sud Down con l'Ulster Unionist Party a partire dall'ottobre 1974. Dal 1960 al 1963 fu ministro della salute nel governo presieduto da Harold Macmillan. Divenne noto per la sua posizione contraria all'immigrazione dalle ex-colonie dell'impero britannico. Il suo più celebre discorso fu quello chiamato del "sangue a fiumi" pronunciato il 20 aprile del 1968 al Midland Hotel di Birmingham, durante una riunione del Conservative Political Centre. In quell'occasione egli preconizzò per la Gran Bretagna un futuro di problemi razziali e rivolte urbane simili a quelle che stavano avvenendo negli Stati Uniti dalla metà degli anni sessanta. Nel 1976 Eric Clapton, durante un suo concerto a Birmingham, ebbe parole di approvazione per Powell. Clapton asserì che la Gran Bretagna stava diventando "sovraffollata" e avrebbe corso il rischio di diventare una "colonia dei neri". Anche a seguito di quell'uscita, poi venne organizzata la campagna Rock Against Racism ("rock contro il razzismo"). Negli anni ottanta, dopo i tumulti scoppiati a Brixton e Toxet, Powell chiese il rimpatrio della popolazione di colore.
  • John Enoch Powell was een rechts Brits politicus; parlementslid voor de Conservatieven tussen 1950 en 1974, en voor de Ulster Unionistische partij van 1974 tot 1987. Controversieel is hij zijn hele carrière geweest, en slechts korte tijd heeft hij ministersposten bekleed. Hij streek namelijk zowel in linkse als in rechtse kringen velen tegen de haren in met ideeën over Amerika, de Koude Oorlog, internationale machtsverhoudingen, kernwapens, en natuurlijk ras, nationale identiteit en soevereiniteit van het Verenigd Koninkrijk, immigratie en Brits-Europese relaties. Bovendien paste hij die ideeën toe met een eigen onwrikbare logica, zonder acht te slaan op zijn persoonlijke belangen. Zijn intellectuele en retorische gaven werden echter algemeen erkend. De Nederlandse politicus Geert Wilders verwijst nog steeds in postieve zin naar hem.
  • John Enoch Powell MBE, brytyjski polityk, członek Partii Konserwatywnej i Ulsterskiej Partii Unionistycznej, minister w drugim rządzie Harolda Macmillana.
  • Brigadeiro John Enoch Powell, MBE (16 Junho 1912 – 8 Fevereiro 1998) foi um político, linguista, escritor, academico, soldado e poeta britânico.
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  • John Enoch Powell, MBE (16 June 1912 – 8 February 1998) was a British politician, linguist, writer, academic, soldier and poet. He was a Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) between 1950 and February 1974, and an Ulster Unionist MP between October 1974 and 1987. He was controversial through most of his career, and his tenure in senior office was brief.
  • John Enoch Powell [dʒɔn 'i:nɔk 'pauəl], MBE, war ein britischer Politiker. Umstritten während der Karriere, währte seine Amtszeit nur kurz. Seine Fähigkeiten als Polemiker und Redner sicherten ihm bemerkenswerte öffentliche Unterstützung für seine kontroversen Ansichten zu Themen wie Immigration und den Beitritt Großbritanniens zur Europäischen Gemeinschaft und entzündete nationale Debatten, die sich bis heute fortsetzen.
  • Enoch Powell byl britský konzervativní politik, v letech 1950 až 1974 člen britské Konzervativní strany a v letech 1974 až 1987 Ulsterské unionistické strany, známý svou kritikou imigrace a členství Velké Británie v Evropské unii.
  • Enoch Powell était un homme politique et écrivain anglais.
  • È stato eletto al parlamento inglese dal 1950 al 1987, prima nel collegio elettorale di Wolverhampton per il Conservative Party fino al febbraio 1974, poi nel collegio di Sud Down con l'Ulster Unionist Party a partire dall'ottobre 1974. Dal 1960 al 1963 fu ministro della salute nel governo presieduto da Harold Macmillan. Divenne noto per la sua posizione contraria all'immigrazione dalle ex-colonie dell'impero britannico.
  • John Enoch Powell was een rechts Brits politicus; parlementslid voor de Conservatieven tussen 1950 en 1974, en voor de Ulster Unionistische partij van 1974 tot 1987. Controversieel is hij zijn hele carrière geweest, en slechts korte tijd heeft hij ministersposten bekleed.
  • John Enoch Powell MBE, brytyjski polityk, członek Partii Konserwatywnej i Ulsterskiej Partii Unionistycznej, minister w drugim rządzie Harolda Macmillana.
  • Brigadeiro John Enoch Powell, MBE (16 Junho 1912 – 8 Fevereiro 1998) foi um político, linguista, escritor, academico, soldado e poeta britânico.
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