Cherie Blair
Cherie Blair , CBE , QC (born September 23, 1954 in Bury near Manchester ) is the wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair . She continues to use her maiden name, Cherie Booth, in her legal profession.
Cherie Blair grew up in Liverpool . Her father, actor Tony Booth , left the family when Cherie was two years old. In the 1960s, he gained great popularity with his role on the BBC sitcom Till Death Us Do Part (the English template for Ein Herz und ein Seele ).
Booth studied law at the London School of Economics and Political Science and is to date the only graduate from that university to achieve the highest marks in all four examination subjects. In 1976 Booth met Tony Blair, who, like her, had applied for an internship with Labor politician Derry Irvine . Booth received the advertised internship, but Blair was also taken on as a part-time employee. Booth and Blair were married on March 29, 1980. The marriage had four children: Euan Anthony, Nicholas John, Kathryn Hazel, and Leo George. Leo Blair is the first prime minister to be born in office in 150 years. After giving birth to their fourth child, Booth had two miscarriages in 2001 and 2003 . Cherie Blair is a practicing Catholic , and the Blair's four children are also baptized Catholics.
In the 1983 general election, Booth and Blair ran for Labor . While Booth failed in her constituency of North Thanet, Kent , Blair was elected to the House of Commons in Sedgefield, County Durham .
In the late 1990s, Booth set up his own law firm ( Matrix Law ), which specializes in the European Convention on Human Rights .
From 1999 to 2006 she was Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University .
In 2002, Booth came under fire when it became known that she had illegally acquired two apartments in Bristol with the help of Australian Peter Foster . The affair was referred to as "Cherigate" in the British media.
On 24./25. May 2007 Cherie Blair appeared at the 4th International Human Rights Forum (IHRF) in Lucerne / Switzerland. She spoke out in favor of the war in Iraq.
Honors
- 2003: Honorary Doctorate from the University of Liverpool
- 2003: Honorary Doctorate from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
- Honorary Doctorate from the University of Westminster
- 2008: Honorary Doctorate from Roehampton University
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
- Freeman of the City of London
Individual evidence
- ^ Vatican Radio : Pope Benedict XVI. received Cherie Blair in a private audience ( memento of March 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) April 28, 2006
Web links
- Official website
- Matrix Law: Cherie Booth QC - Your profile on her law firm's website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blair, Cherie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Booth, Cherie (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British lawyer, wife of ex Prime Minister Tony Blair |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 23, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bury near Manchester |