Menzies Campbell Politician

Sir Walter Menzies "Ming" Campbell CH CBE QC MP (/ˈmɪŋɨs/; born 22 May 1941) is a British Liberal Democrat politician and advocate, and former athlete. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Fife, and was the Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2 March 2006 until 15 October 2007.Campbell held the British record for the 100 metres sprint from 1967 to 1974, having run the distance in 10.2 seconds. He captained the Great Britain athletics team in 1965 and 1966. He is currently the Chancellor of the University of St Andrews.

Personal facts

Menzies Campbell
Birth dateMay 22, 1941
Birth place
Glasgow
Religion
Presbyterianism
Education
Stanford University
University of Glasgow
Spouse
Elspeth Campbell
Profession
Advocate , Sprint (running)

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Politician

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office
Member of Parliament
Chancellor of the University of St Andrews
Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats
Lib Dem Foreign Affairs Spokesman
for North East Fife
party
Liberal Party (UK)
Liberal Democrats
successor
Michael Moore (British politician)

Menzies Campbell on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.libdems.org.uk/people/ming-campbell
  2. http://www.mingcampbell.org.uk
  3. http://www.scotlibdems.org.uk/people/mps/campbell