Chris Smith
| Lord Smith of Finsbury link (Politician) | |
|---|---|
| File:Lord Smith.jpg | |
| Born | 24 July 1951 |
| Party | Labour Party |
Chris Smith was the first openly gay British MP | |
Christopher Robert Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, is a British Labour Party politician who was Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport from 1997 to 2001.
Chris Smith was Member of Parliament (MP) for Islington South and Finsbury from 1983 to 2005. In 1984, Smith became the first openly gay male British MP and, in 2005, the first MP to acknowledge that he was HIV positive.
He was appointed to the House of Lords as a life peer in 2005.
Lord Smith was Master of Pembroke College (Cambridge) from 2015 to 2025 and was elected Chancellor of the University of Cambridge in 2025.[1]
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