Menzies Campbell

The Right Honourable
The Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
CH CBE PC KC
Official portrait, 2019
Chancellor of the University of St Andrews
Incumbent
Assumed office
9 January 2006
Vice-Chancellor
Preceded byKenneth Dover
Leader of the Liberal Democrats
In office
2 March 2006 – 15 October 2007
Acting: 7 January 2006 – 2 March 2006
DeputyVince Cable
PresidentSimon Hughes
Preceded byCharles Kennedy
Succeeded byVince Cable (acting)
Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats
In office
12 February 2003 – 2 March 2006
LeaderCharles Kennedy
Preceded byAlan Beith
Succeeded byVince Cable
Liberal Democrats Spokesperson for Defence
In office
12 October 2017 – 21 August 2019
LeaderSir Vince Cable
Jo Swinson
Preceded byThe Baroness Jolly
Succeeded byJamie Stone
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs
In office
7 May 1992 – 7 January 2006
LeaderPaddy Ashdown
Charles Kennedy
Succeeded byMichael Moore
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office
13 October 2015
Life Peerage
Member of Parliament
for North East Fife
In office
11 June 1987 – 30 March 2015
Preceded byBarry Henderson
Succeeded byStephen Gethins
Personal details
Born
Walter Menzies Campbell

(1941-05-22) 22 May 1941 (age 83)
Glasgow, Scotland
Political partyLiberal (before 1988)
Liberal Democrats (1988–present)
Spouse
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(m. 1970; died 2023)​
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow
Stanford University
Signature
WebsiteOfficial website

Walter Menzies Campbell, Baron Campbell of Pittenweem, CH, CBE, PC, KC (/ˈmɪŋɪs/; born 22 May 1941[1]), often known as Ming Campbell, is a Scottish politician, advocate and former athlete. A member of the Liberal Democrats, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Fife from 1987 to 2015 and served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2006 to 2007.

Campbell held the British record for the 100-metre sprint from 1967 to 1974, having run the distance in 10.2 seconds. He captained the Great Britain athletics team in 1965–66. He has been Chancellor of the University of St Andrews since 2006 and a member of the House of Lords as a life peer since 2015.

  1. ^ "Lord Campbell of Pittenweem". parliament.uk. Archived from the original on 10 November 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.