Anthony Neil Wedgwood ‘Tony’ Benn was a British Labor Party politician who was a Member of Parliament for almost 50 years. He was an enigmatic and strongly opinionated politician who, from time to time, brought in socialistic ideology into the British Labor Party. He was born in a wealthy English family to William Wedgewood Benn who was also into politics. His father’s ideologies and political stature influenced Benn to work in the British politics, and he started by becoming the president of the Oxford Union while he was still attending the university. Benn's political career comprised events like creation of the Peerage Act 1963, opening of the Post Office Tower, and creation and implication of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. During the time when the Labor Party was in Opposition, he was the Chairman of the Labor Party. He also worked actively in the Cabinet, first as Secretary of State for Industry, before being made Secretary of State for Energy. During the Labor Party's time in Opposition in 1980s, he was party's famous figure on the left. For his socialist ideas and active participation in condemning the act of supporting the attacks on Iraq, Benn became a popular politician in Britain. After leaving Parliament for good, he was the President of the Stop the War Coalition till his death.