Cherie Blair
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Cherie Blair (Cherie Booth) QC is a barrister and the wife of former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Career
Having studied law at university, Blair was called to the Bar in 1976 and appointed a Queens Counsel in 1995. She is a founding member of Matrix Chambers.[1]
Blair is currently the chair of Omnia Strategy LLP and the founder of Cherie Blair Foundation for Women.[2]
Politics
Stood as a Labour parliamentary candidate in Margate in 1983.[3]
Personal life
Cherie met Tony Blair when they were both training at their first chambers. They married in 1980 and have four children together.[1]
- Euan Blair, son. Was considered a possible Labour candidate for Bootle in the 2015 General Election[4] - Peter Dowd will contest the seat instead.[5]
Affiliations
- Liverpool John Moores University, chancellor emeritus and honorary fellow
- LSE and the Open University, governor emeritus and honorary fellow
- Royal Society of Arts, fellow
- Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, honorary fellow
- International Society of Lawyers for Public Service, fellow
- Global Task Force for UNICEF, member
- ACAS, arbitrator
- Freeman of the City of London.[1]
- Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, founder
Education
- LLB, Law, The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) 1972 – 1975[2]
Contact
- Website: http://cherieblair.org/
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cherie Blair About Cherie, accessed 24 March 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Linkedin Cherie Blair, accessed 24 March 2015
- ↑ Peter Hitchen "Neither a Follower nor a Trender be..." My reply to John Rentoul's Remonstrance Mail on Sunday, 20 November 2013, accessed 24 March 2015
- ↑ Antonia Molloy Tony Blair's son Euan could be parachuted into safe Labour seat at expense of veteran Bootle MP Joe Benton Independent, 11 April 2014, accessed 24 March 2015
- ↑ Your next MP Bootle, accessed 24 March 2015