Martin Bell | |
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![]() Bell at Hexham book festival in 2009 | |
Member of Parliament for Tatton | |
In office 1 May 1997 – 14 May 2001 | |
Preceded by | Neil Hamilton |
Succeeded by | George Osborne |
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Born | Redisham, Suffolk, England | 31 August 1938
Political party | Independent |
Spouses | Helene Gordoun
(m. 1971; div. 1981)Rebecca Sobel
(m. 1984; div. 1991)Fiona Goddard
(m. 1998, divorced)Merita Zhubi (m. 2020) |
Children | 2 |
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Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge |
Occupation | War reporter |
Martin Bell, OBE (born 31 August 1938) is a British UNICEF (UNICEF UK) Ambassador, a former broadcast war reporter and former independent politician who became the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tatton from 1997 to 2001. He is sometimes known as "the man in the white suit".[1]