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Nigel Farage

Nigel Farage

Nigel Farage is a British politician and broadcaster who leads Reform UK and sits in the House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Clacton. He was born in 1964. He began his career in 1982 as a commodities trader at the London Metal Exchange. He was Chairman of the UK Independence Party from 1998 to 2000 and later its Leader from 2010 to 2016, including an acting period in 2016. He was President of the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy group in the European Parliament from 2004 to 2019. He has also worked as a political analyst for Fox News and Fox Business Network.

Country
United Kingdom
Field
Politics
Leaning
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Affiliations

  • Reform UK

    Reform UK is a British political party; Farage leads it and was elected as its MP for Clacton in 2024. [1]

  • UK Independence Party (UKIP)

    UKIP is a British political party; Farage was its Chairman from 1998 to 2000 and its Leader from 2010 to 2016, with an acting period in 2016. [1]

  • Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy

    Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy was a political group in the European Parliament; Farage was its President from 2004 to 2019. [1]

Sources

  1. [1]en.wikipedia.org
  2. [2]Photo: Laurie Noble / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0

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