Person    | Male  Born 3/7/1945  Died 29/4/2018

Michael Martin

Categories: Politics & Administration

Countries: Scotland

 MP, Speaker of the House of Commons for 9 years. Born Glasgow. His resignation was part of the fall-out of the 2009 expenses scandal.

His Wikipedia page confirms that he died after a short illness on 29 April 2018.

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Michael Martin

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