Martin Bell
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Martin Bell OBE |
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Martin Bell addresses a Frontline Club forum
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Member of Parliament for Tatton |
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In office 1 May 1997 – 14 May 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Neil Hamilton |
| Succeeded by | George Osborne |
| Majority | 11,077 |
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31 August 1938 Redisham, Suffolk, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Independent |
| Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | War reporter |
Martin Bell, OBE, (born 31 August 1938) is a British UNICEF (UNICEF UK) Ambassador, a former broadcast war reporter and former independent politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tatton from 1997 to 2001. He is sometimes known as "the man in the white suit".
Bell is the son of author-farmer Adrian Bell, compiler of the first ever Times crossword. He is the brother of literary translator, Anthea Bell OBE and the uncle of Oliver Kamm, now a Times leader writer, who served as his political adviser during his term as a Member of Parliament (MP).
He was educated at The Leys School in Cambridge and King's College, Cambridge, where he achieved a First Class Honours Degree in English. At Cambridge, he served on the committee of Cambridge University Liberal Club, including a term as Publicity Officer. He failed to obtain a commission during his two-year national service and served out his time as an acting corporal in the Suffolk Regiment serving in Cyprus during the emergency.
Martin Bell joined the BBC as a reporter in Norwich in 1962 as a 24-year-old, following his graduation. He moved to London three years later, beginning a distinguished career as a foreign affairs correspondent with his first assignment in Ghana. Over the next thirty years, he covered eleven conflicts and reported from eighty countries, making his name with reports from wars and conflicts in Vietnam, Middle East, Nigeria, Angola, and in Northern Ireland (during the "Troubles").
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