In the Rainbow Coalition between 1994 and 1997 he became Minister of State at the Departments of Education, Justice and Health.
In the 1980s, members of the FRSO and its predecessor organizations worked to build the Rainbow Coalition, and supported both of Jesse Jackson's campaigns for the presidency of the United States (1984 and 1988).
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After the election, a five party "Rainbow Coalition" was formed, with SDP leader Paavo Lipponen appointed Prime Minister.
A socialist, Livingstone's administration advocated measures to improve the lives of disadvantaged minorities within London, including women, the disabled, homosexuals and ethnic minorities, who together made up a sizeable percentage of the city's population; what Reg Race called "the Rainbow Coalition".