Name:

Kenneth Clarke.

Title:

MP for Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire since 1970; former Chancellor of the Exchequer; Home Secretary; Health Secretary and Education Secretary.

Born:

July 2nd, 1940, Nottingham.

Background:

Former barrister; ceased practising in 1979.

Education:

Langley Mill Primary; Bullwell Primary; Nottingham High School; Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.

Family:

Married with one son and one daughter.

Outlook:

Pro-European and ardent advocate of single currency project.

Why in the News:

In Dublin this week to deliver the ELEC Sean Lemass Memorial Lecture.