Menzies Campbell

The Right Honourable The Lord Campbell of Pittenweem CH CBE PC KC
Official portrait, 2019
Chancellor of the University of St Andrews
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 January 2006
Vice-Chancellor	Brian Lang Dame Louise Richardson Dame Sally Mapstone
Preceded by	Kenneth Dover
Leader of the Liberal Democrats
In office 2 March 2006 – 15 October 2007 Acting: 7 January 2006 – 2 March 2006
Deputy	Vince Cable
President	Simon Hughes
Preceded by	Charles Kennedy
Succeeded by	Vince Cable (acting)
Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats
In office 12 February 2003 – 2 March 2006
Leader	Charles Kennedy
Preceded by	Alan Beith
Succeeded by	Vince Cable
Liberal Democrats Spokesperson for Defence
In office 12 October 2017 – 21 August 2019
Leader	Sir Vince Cable Jo Swinson
Preceded by	The Baroness Jolly
Succeeded by	Jamie Stone
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs
In office 7 May 1992 – 7 January 2006
Leader	Paddy Ashdown Charles Kennedy
Succeeded by	Michael Moore
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 October 2015 Life Peerage
Member of Parliament for North East Fife
In office 11 June 1987 – 30 March 2015
Preceded by	Barry Henderson
Succeeded by	Stephen Gethins
Personal details
Born	Walter Menzies Campbell (1941-05-22) 22 May 1941 (age 82) Glasgow, Scotland
Political party	Liberal (Before 1988) Liberal Democrats (1988–present)
Spouse	Elspeth Urquhart ​ ​ (m. 1970; died 2023)​
Alma mater	University of Glasgow Stanford University
Signature
Website	Official website

Walter Menzies Campbell, Baron Campbell of Pittenweem, CH, CBE, PC, KC (/ˈmɪŋɪs/; born 22 May 1941^[1]), often known as Ming Campbell, is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician, advocate and former athlete. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Fife from 1987 to 2015 and was the Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2 March 2006 until 15 October 2007.^[2]

Campbell held the British record for the 100 metre sprint from 1967 to 1974, having run the distance in 10.2 seconds. He captained the Great Britain athletics team in 1965–66. He is currently the Chancellor of the University of St Andrews. He was nominated for a life peerage in the 2015 Dissolution Honours.^[3]