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He and his brother are the sons of Marion Kozak and the late Marxist theorist Ralph Miliband , a Belgian - Jew ish Refugee during the Second World War . David was educated at Haverstock Comprehensive School in London, then read Philosophy, Politics And Economics at Corpus Christi College, Oxford , obtaining First Class Honours . He then took a S.M. degree in Political Science in 1990 at MIT , where he was a Kennedy Scholar . He joined the Institute For Public Policy Research as a policy analyst in 1989, before becoming Tony Blair 's Head of Policy in 1994. He was a major contributor to Labour's manifesto for the 1997 General Election . After Labour's landslide victory in that election, Blair made him the De Facto head of Downing Street's Policy Unit. Having been selected as the prospective parliamentary candidate for the Labour stronghold of South Shields, he was elected to Parliament in the 2001 Election . Barely a year after being elected, in June 2002 he was appointed as Schools Minister, a junior minister in the Department For Education And Skills . On 15 December 2004 , in the reshuffle following the resignation of David Blunkett , he replaced Ruth Kelly as Cabinet Office Minister . On May 6 , 2005 , following Labour's third consecutive election victory, he was elevated to the Cabinet as Minister Of State For Communities And Local Government , a newly created cabinet post with responsibility for housing, planning, regeneration and local government. To appease the Deputy Prime Minister , John Prescott , whose department is officially in charge of these portfolios, Miliband was not given the title Secretary Of State , although he is a full member of the Cabinet. As a protégé of Tony Blair, Miliband is regarded by many as a possible future Prime Minister . With his American - British wife, Louise Shackleton , he Adopt ed a newborn US baby over Christmas 2004 . David Miliband is the UK's first officially sanctioned Ministerial Blogger. SEE ALSO
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