Austen Albu

Austen Harry Albu (21 September 1903 – 23 November 1994) was a British Labour Member of Parliament for Edmonton for 25 years.

Personal life Albu was born in London in 1903 to Ferdinand and Beatrice Albu. He was educated at Tonbridge School, Kent, and the City and Guilds College.

He married his first wife, Rose Marks, in 1929. They had two sons before her death in 1956.

Career During the 1930s and early 1940s, Albu worked at Aladdin Industries in Greenford. In the later 1940s, he was Deputy President of the Governmental Sub-Commission of the British Control Commission in Germany during the Allied occupation following World War II, where he advocated the establishment of a centrally planned economy for the country, thus favouring the social democratic approach. Returning to Britain in 1947, he was the Deputy Director of the British Institute of Management for a short period until his election to parliament.

He was a Fellow of Imperial College of Science and Technology.