Malcolm Bruce

The Right Honourable The Lord Bruce of Bennachie PC
Official portrait, 2019
Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats
In office 28 January 2014 – 8 May 2015
Leader	Nick Clegg
Preceded by	Simon Hughes
Succeeded by	Jo Swinson (2017)
Chair of the International Development Committee
In office 14 July 2005 – 30 March 2015
Preceded by	Tony Baldry
Succeeded by	Stephen Twigg
Chair of the Liberal Democrats
In office 9 August 1999 – 7 June 2001
Leader	Charles Kennedy
Preceded by	Alan Beith
Succeeded by	Mark Oaten
Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats
In office 3 March 1988 – 18 April 1992
Leader	Steel · Maclennan (Acting) Paddy Ashdown
President	Russell Johnston
Preceded by	Russell Johnston (Scot Lib.Tooltip Scottish Liberal Party)
Succeeded by	Jim Wallace
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 October 2015 Life Peerage
Member of Parliament for Gordon
In office 9 June 1983 – 30 March 2015
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Alex Salmond
Personal details
Born	(1944-11-17) 17 November 1944 (age 79) Birkenhead, England
Political party	Liberal Democrats
Spouses	Veronica Wilson ​ ​ (m. 1969⁠–⁠1992)​ Rosemary Vetterlein ​ (m. 1998)​
Children	5
Alma mater	University of St Andrews University of Strathclyde

Malcolm Gray Bruce, Baron Bruce of Bennachie, PC (born 17 November 1944) is a British Liberal Democrat politician.

He was the Member of Parliament for Gordon from 1983 to 2015 and was the chairman of the International Development Select Committee from 2005 to 2015.^[1][2] He was deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats from 28 January 2014. He was nominated for a life peerage in the 2015 Dissolution Honours.^[3] He was also previously President of the Scottish Liberal Democrats until being succeeded by Councillor Eileen McCartin from 1 January 2016.