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Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury

クリス・スミス　/　くりす・すみす

Politician from United Kingdom

July 24, 1951 (age 74)　・　Barnet, United Kingdom

politician
chancellor

My Take

Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, has a life arc I find genuinely moving. A British politician born in 1951, an MP from 1983, then Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from 1997 to 2001, before becoming a life peer in 2005 and, in 2025, Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. There's something beautiful in a man who steered a nation's culture and sport policy ending up as the figurehead of one of its great universities. Having once led the very department that treasures culture and sport, he feels, to me, like a fitting figure for a place like this. Learning and public service, carried together to the end.

Overview

Christopher Robert Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, (born 24 July 1951) is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from 1997 to 2001. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Islington South and Finsbury from 1983 to 2005 and was appointed to the House of Lords as a life peer in 2005 and Chancellor of the University of Cambridge in 2025.

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1. Profile

Name (English): Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury
Name (Japanese): クリス・スミス
Reading: くりす・すみす
Born: July 24, 1951 (age 74)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Leo / Rabbit
Origin: Barnet, United Kingdom
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: politician / chancellor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Pembroke College

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

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