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| Name | The Lord Steel of Aikwood&
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| Personal | information |
| Date of birth | 31 March 1938(age 72) |
| Birth place | Kirkcaldy, Fife |
| Party | (1) Liberal Party
(2) Liberal Democrats |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Religion | Church of Scotland |
| 1st Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament |
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| In office | 12 May 1999-7 May 2003 | | Preceded by | Office created | | Succeeded by | George Reid | | Leader of Social and Liberal Democrats |
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| In office | 3 March 1988-16 July 1988 | | Preceded by | Party created (With Robert Maclennan | | Succeeded by | Paddy Ashdown | | Leader of Liberal Party |
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| In office | 7 July 1976-16 July 1988 | | Preceded by | Jo Grimond | | Succeeded by | Paddy Ashdown | | In office | 11 June 1983-2 May 1997 | | Preceded by | New constituency | | Succeeded by | Michael Moore | | In office | 24 March 1965-11 June 1983 | | Preceded by | Charles Donaldson | | Succeeded by | Constituency abolished | | In office | 6 May 1999-1 May 2003 | | Preceded by | New Parliament | | Succeeded by | Mark Ballard | |
David Martin Scott Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood, KT, KBE, PC (born 31 March 1938) is a British and Scottish politician and a Liberal Democrat member of the UK House of Lords. He was leader of the Liberal Party from 1976 until its 1988 merger with the Social Democratic Party that formed the Liberal Democrats, and was briefly joint interim leader of the new party, then known as the Social and Liberal Democrats. He was also the first Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament, holding that post between 1999 and 2003.
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