The Lord Strasburger | |
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 Official portrait, 2019 | |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 10 January 2011 Life Peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1946-07-31)31 July 1946 (age 79) |
| Political party | Liberal Democrats |
Paul Cline Strasburger, Baron Strasburger (born 31 July 1946) is a BritishLiberal Democratpolitician,millionairephilanthropist and semi-retired businessman.[1]
Strasburger first became involved in the Liberal Democrats in his home town ofBath, Somerset in 2005.[2] Strasburger's appointment to theHouse of Lords was announced in November 2010, and he was created alife Peer on 10 January 2011 asBaron Strasburger,ofLangridge in theCounty of Somerset,[3] taking his seat on 12 January 2011.[4]
Strasburger is a majordonor to the Liberal Democrats. Before his appointment to the Lords, he had donated £709,900.40 to the Liberal Democrats, including £483,625 to the central party, £170,719.29 to his local constituency inBath, and smaller sums to Lib Dem MPsMenzies Campbell,Don Foster andChris Huhne, as well as constituency parties inWells,Eastleigh andNorth East Somerset, all between 2006 and 2010.[5]
Strasburger also contributed to the defence ofMichael Brown, the convictedfraudster who fled after donating £2.4 million to the Liberal Democrats.[1] Strasburger had also put up thebail money for Brown, which was forfeited when Brown fled.[6]
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| Preceded by | Gentlemen Baron Strasburger | Followed by |
