Ken Livingstone

Kenneth Robert Livingstone (born June 17, 1945), is a British local government leader. He has been the Mayor of London since the creation of the post in 2000 and was Leader of the Greater London Council from 1981 until it was abolished in 1986. After abolition he became Member of Parliament for Brent East, but did not enjoy national politics and had little impact in Parliament. He is noted for his plain, even blunt, speaking which has won him praise and critics on various occasions.

Personal information

Livingstone is a noted bon vivant, having worked as a food critic http://www.thisislondon.com/restaurants/articles/465394 for magazines owned by both the Hearst Corporation and Associated Newspapers. He is famous for keeping newts.

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Hearst Corporation - Associated Newspapers - Newt

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He was married to Christine Pamela Chapman in 1973 but the marriage was dissolved in 1982.

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Ken Livingstone and his current partner Emma Beal, who also is Livingstone's office manager, have a son, Thomas, born December 14, 2002 at the University College Hospital, London. They had a second child, daughter Mia, born on March 20, 2004 at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead.

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December 14 - 2002 - March 20 - 2004

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