Oona King- Personal Biography d.o.b 22/10/67 |
Monday, 17 September 2007 | |
Oona King is a broadcaster, writer, and political campaigner. Oona is Founding Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Genocide Prevention in the House of Commons; an Associate Fellow of Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs); Chair of the Institute for Community Cohesion (iCoCo), and Chair of Rich Mix Cultural Foundation. Oona writes for papers including the Guardian, New Statesman, Sunday Telegraph, and Observer, and is a presenter for television and radio documentaries. Oona’s book about her time in the House of Commons, “House Music – The Oona King Diaries” is published in September 2007 by Bloomsbury. Oona gained a 1st class politics degree from York University (1990), and a scholarship to Berkeley. Oona’s father is African-American from Georgia and her mother is from Newcastle, from a Jewish family with roots in Hungary, Scotland and Ireland. Oona married Tiberio Santomarco in 1994, and they live in Tower Hamlets with their young son. In her spare time, Oona enjoys cinema, dance music (in particular house music), cooking, history, and walking in Mile End Park. Oona speaks French and Italian. |