Menzies Campbell death: Former Lib Dem leader dies aged 84
The party said that Lord Menzies Campbell, former leader of the liberal democrats, died at the age of 84.
His family, one of the last days of the Lib Dem Party conference, he added.
Lib Dem, Sir Ed Davey, described Lord Campbell, known as Ming, a dedicated public official, Fife, St Andrews and the UK, a non -tired champion and a real liberal giant ”.
Meanwhile, his grandson Gregor Grant-Suttie said: “Ming has achieved a lot throughout his life, throughout his life, sport, law and politics. But the numerous praise and prizes he has collected in his professional life are compared with his success as his success as his success.
Lord Campbell was first selected to Commons in 1987 and won the North East Fife Election Zone – a seat he held until he retired in 2015.
A famous critic of the Iraq War has become a leading lib dem sound in both foreign relations and defense, and served as a spokesman for the party for fourteen years.
He then served as the leader of the party from March 2006 to October 2007.
Before becoming a deputy, Lord Campbell was an Olympic Sprinter, which kept the UK 100 million records from 1967 to 1974.
“It was a rare scotman’s genre that extends much more than the borders of his own country; especially the level of thinking around the defense, Scotland, which gave Scotland the ability to be extremely proud of one of them, who were much larger than the narrow-focused England politics, Grand Grant-Suttie added Grant-Suttie.
“While working hard through education and self -improvement was given priority, others were alien to others against the relative standards of today’s relative standards – at every step of his life, he compared himself to his own extraordinary high standards.”
Sir Ed said: M Ming Campbell with a parliamentary career covering twenty years, a private public official, Fife, St Andrews and England is a non -tired champion and a real liberal device.
“When the world changed on September 11, the Foreign Affairs was a democratic spokesman, and it was a trace of principled leadership, morality, courage and wisdom that opposed the Iraq War. He spoke for the right thing even if it was difficult.”
Sir Ed said that he had provided great benefit from Ming’s advice and guidance for many years we worked together ”and“ an incredibly warm and affectionate friend and his colleague, such a generosity and humor ”.
“Ming is always a great company-he is talking with the authority of a captain of the athletics team of British and a 100-meter record holder, or asks you and your family when gentle thoughts will always pass through his wife Elspeth-Rock,” he added.
“We will all miss him in the liberal democratic family and beyond. Our thoughts are with everyone who loves him.”
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