Alistair Darling

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Alistair Darling was a British Labour politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2007 to 2010 under Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

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Alistair Darling canonical 11

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instanceOf British politician
Chancellor of the Exchequer
human
appointedBy Gordon Brown
campaignLed Better Together
causeOfDeath cancer
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
countryOfDeath Scotland
dateOfBirth 1953-11-28
dateOfDeath 2023-11-30
educatedAt Aberdeen Grammar School
University of Aberdeen
familyName Darling
fieldOfStudy law
givenName Alistair
honorificTitle Baron Darling of Roulanish
ideology social democracy
languageSpoken English
memberOf House of Lords
memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
surface form: Labour Party
monarchDuringChancellorship Elizabeth II
name Alistair Darling self-link
notableFor introducing bank rescue packages during the financial crisis
leading the Better Together campaign against Scottish independence
notableWork role in managing the 2007–2008 global financial crisis
numberOfChildren 2
occupation barrister
politician
parliamentaryBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
placeOfBirth London, England
surface form: London
placeOfDeath Edinburgh
positionHeld Chancellor of the Exchequer
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Member of Parliament
Secretary of State for Scotland
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
Secretary of State for Transport
precededInOfficeAsChancellorBy Gordon Brown
religion Presbyterian
surface form: Presbyterianism
representedConstituency Edinburgh Central
Edinburgh South West
servedUnderPrimeMinister Gordon Brown
spouse Margaret McQueen Vaughan
succeededInOfficeAsChancellorBy George Osborne
termEndAsChancellorOfTheExchequer 2010-05-11
termStartAsChancellorOfTheExchequer 2007-06-28

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Alistair Darling name Alistair Darling self-link
Sidney Sussex hasNotableAlumnus Alistair Darling
subject surface form: Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
My Life, Our Times aboutPerson Alistair Darling
Latymer Upper School hasAlumni Alistair Darling
Brown ministry chancellorOfTheExchequer Alistair Darling