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AI IMAGE - Portrait of Aneurin Bevan, c1940s, (2023). Bevan (1897-1960), was a Welsh Labour Party politician, widely regarded as one of the most influential left-wing politicians in British history. He was involved in miners' union politics and was a leading figure in the 1926 general strike. He is noted for tenure as Minister of Health in Clement Attlee's government in which he spearheaded the creation of the British National Health Service, and for his wider contribution to the founding of the British welfare state.