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Charles Kennedy

1959 - 2015

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Charles Peter Kennedy (25 November 1959 – 1 June 2015) was a British politician who served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 1999 to 2006, and was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ross, Skye and Lochaber from 1983 to 2015. Kennedy was elected to the House of Commons in 1983 as a member of the Social Democratic Party, and after the SDP–Liberal Alliance merged into the Liberal Democrats, became the party's president. Following the resignation of Paddy Ashdown in August 1999, Kennedy became the party's leader. He led the party in the 2001 and 2005 general elections, increasing its number of seats in the House of Commons to their highest level since 1923, led his party's opposition to the Iraq War, and broadly positioned the party to the left of New Labour. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Kennedy is the 18,739th most popular politician (down from 18,494th in 2024), the 6,834th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,682nd in 2019) and the 707th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, Charles Kennedy ranks 18,739 out of 19,576. Before him are Rose Mofford, Nikola Lončar, Salabat Jung, Cailtram, Lulzim Basha, and Devendra Fadnavis. After him are Ravi Shankar Prasad, Nils Ušakovs, Nadine Heredia, Dorothee Bär, Ted Strickland, and Eduardo Bolsonaro.

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Among people born in 1959, Charles Kennedy ranks 739. Before him are Zainab Bangura, Francis Magee, Georgi Dimitrov, Paul Attanasio, Lesley Thompson, and Todd Graff. After him are Wendy B. Lawrence, Hugo Rodríguez, Steven Strogatz, Ralph Northam, Marie Osmond, and Ben Elton. Among people deceased in 2015, Charles Kennedy ranks 562. Before him are Junior Malanda, Theodosia Okoh, Ali Eid, Little Jimmy Dickens, Richard Schweiker, and Bill Bridges. After him are Raúl Gorriti, Jasodhara Bagchi, Grace Ogot, Tahir Elçi, Anthony Mason, and Chung Yong-hwan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Kennedy ranks 6,836 out of 8,785. Before him are Paul Robinson (1978), Jimmy Adamson (1929), Benjamin Whittaker (1997), David Herd (1934), Barry Adamson (1958), and James Maddison (1996). After him are Angel Coulby (1980), Sean Davis (1979), John Hollins (1946), Hugh Dallas (1957), Bonobo (1976), and Douglas Booth (1992).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Charles Kennedy ranks 707. Before him are Sally Jewell (1956), Andrea Leadsom (1963), Don McKinnon (1939), Hilary Benn (1953), Priti Patel (1972), and Amber Rudd (1963). After him are George Osborne (1971), Grant Shapps (1968), John Healey (1960), Jo Cox (1974), Shabana Mahmood (1980), and Ben Wallace (1970).

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