Chapter 783 Prosperous Earth

"I'm very pleased that you can accept this position, Mr Miliband. I have said before that if there is one person who can make the best use of this foundation, it is you."

Sitting in front of Barron was a middle-aged man with black hair who looked quite elegant. After hearing Barron's words, he smiled and said:

"I'm sure it's a challenge, but I'll do my best."

Before the Labor Party conference in September this year, Brown resigned as leader of the Labor Party as he had previously promised.

In fact, as early as May this year, after the results of the British general election were announced, Brown promised to resign as party leader before the Labor Party conference in September in order to facilitate the formation of a joint government between the Labor Party and the Liberal Democratic Party.

But in the end, the Conservative Party, led by Cameron, successfully formed a coalition with the Liberal Democrats.

Interestingly, at the Labor Party conference three months ago, the most popular candidates to compete for the leadership of the Labor Party were a pair of brothers, David Miliband and his younger brother Ed Miliband.

They previously held important positions in Brown's cabinet, with David Miliband as the previous Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary and Ed Miliband as Energy and Climate Change Secretary.

As mentioned before, in the order of the status of the British cabinet members, in addition to the most important Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer, the next one is the Foreign Secretary, so the importance of David Miliband is evident.

In the Labor leadership race at the time, according to betting company rankings, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Secretary David Miliband was the most likely to be elected, followed closely by his younger brother, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband.

David Miliband is considered the favorite to become Labor leader, but his brother Ed is seen as Labour's best hope.

But the result was unexpected. In the end, David's brother Ed Miliband won and became the new leader of the Labor Party after Brown.

Sitting in front of Barron at this time is David Miliband, who has agreed to serve as chairman and CEO of the Prosperous Earth Foundation, which Barron supports.

The Prosperity Earth Foundation (PEF) is a non-governmental organization, the so-called NGO (Non-Governmental Organization). This foundation is mainly funded by Barron and some related enterprises. Its role is very wide-ranging. It will promote the development and funding of environmental protection, social relief, medical care, education, culture and other fields in the UK and overseas.

The reason why Barron was able to invite David Miliband, an influential heavyweight in British politics and the world, to join the Prosperous Earth Foundation (PEF) this time is because the first phase of PEF will receive up to 500 million US dollars in funds, and Barron has no specific requirements for the projects that the foundation will carry out. The only thing needed is for David Miliband to improve the structure of the foundation and make it have a certain Influence.

As Barron said, David Miliband can be said to be the most suitable person to head the Prosperous Earth Foundation.

In addition to the fact that he previously served as the British Minister of Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, he has good personal relationships with many important figures in Europe, the United States, Asia, Africa and Latin America - such as his relationship with the current Secretary of State of the United States and former first lady Hillary Clinton. The relationship is very good - in addition, he was also an important think tank of Brown, and also participated in the founding of the EU Reform Center. In 2001, when the EU countries formulated the "Laiken Declaration" calling for the reform of EU institutions, David Miliband was also one of those involved in drafting the foreign policy section of the declaration.

In addition, after missing out on the position of leader of the Labor Party, David Miliband also hoped to have a platform that could give full play to his abilities, so he accepted the position at Barron's invitation.

In Barron's previous life, David Miliband later served as chairman of the International Relief Organization in 2013, and he was still in this position until Barron's rebirth and did a very good job - this is also One of the reasons why Barron insisted on bringing him to the Thrive Earth Foundation.

"Your Highness the Duke, this is a draft plan I have made for PEF. If there are no problems, I am ready to work on this basis."

After David took out a document from his briefcase and handed it to him, Barron read it carefully, raised his head and said to him:

"As I said to you before, Mr. Miliband, I will not interfere with your work at the beginning. You can choose to carry out the work in the way you think is most appropriate..."

Having said that, from the plan that Barron just saw, it can be clearly discovered that Miliband first chose to leave England and carry out the work of the Prosperous Earth Foundation in Asia and Africa. According to his ideas, it will be in London established PEF's headquarters and a specialized research institution to first conduct research on relevant situations in West Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia, and chose to start in the areas of health care and education.

Well, I have to say that David Miliband still has a lot of ideas - after all, the Conservative Party currently forms the government in the UK. With David's background, if he chooses to start the business of the Prosperous Earth Foundation from the UK, It is easy to suffer suspicion from the other party.

But now that he has skipped Britain and started from West Africa and other regions, in addition to being easier to make the Prosperous Earth famous and infiltrate influence, it also shows that he is also a wise man who has studied some of Barron's industries and knows how to do it to get more support from Barron...

It is also worth mentioning that David Miliband's background is still very interesting. He was born in London in 1965 and is a descendant of Polish Jewish immigrants...

His father, Ralph Miliband, is a famous Marxist theorist, and his grandfather fought for the Soviet Red Army.

In addition, although he is Jewish, he does not belong to the branch of Zionism. In March this year, when he was still the foreign minister, he expelled Israeli diplomats from the UK, which caused strong dissatisfaction in the country.

That's because on January 20 this year, Hamas senior Mabahouh was found dead in a hotel room in Dubai, UAE.

After investigation, Dubai police believed that agents of the Israeli spy agency "Mossad" forged other people's passports and entered Dubai to carry out assassinations.

The forged passports were British, French, German, Irish and Australian passports.

David Miliband then read out a statement in Parliament, saying that Israel was responsible for the misuse of 12 British passports in this assassination, and therefore expelled an Israeli diplomat...