Alastair Campbell

Quick Facts

Full Name	Alastair Campbell
Occupation	Journalist
Date Of Birth	May 25, 1957(1957-05-25)
Age	67
Birthplace	England
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Gemini

Alastair Campbell Biography

Alastair Campbell is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on May 25, 1957 in England, England, United Kingdom. British journalist who was the Director of Communications and Strategy in the UK from 1997 to 2003.

He worked under prime minister Tony Blair.

Alastair John Campbell (born 25 May 1957) is a British journalist, broadcaster and political aide. He worked as Tony Blair’s spokesman and campaign director (1994–1997), then as Downing Street Press Secretary (1997–2000) for Blair, who was then Labour Prime Minister. He then became Downing Street Director of Communications and spokesman for the Labour Party (2000–2003). He resigned in August 2003. He published his fifteenth book in 2018.

In the late 1970s, Campbell spent time teaching in a secondary school in Nice as part of his academic degree course. While hitchhiking back to the city from Aix-en-Provence, he learned of the Belgian singer Jacques Brel’s death and shared stories with the Belgian lorry driver who had picked him up, leading to a lifelong interest in Brel’s music.

His father was a veterinarian.

Alastair Campbell Net Worth

Alastair Campbell is one of the richest Journalist from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Alastair Campbell 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

His journalistic career started after winning a readers’ competition for Penthouse Forum.

He resigned from his post amid accusations that he exaggerated the Iraqi threat to the UK in the run-up to the UK’s participation in the US’s War on Terror.

Campbell was born on 25 May 1957 in Keighley, West Riding of Yorkshire, son of a Scottish veterinary surgeon, Donald Campbell, and his wife Elizabeth. Campbell’s parents had moved to Keighley when his father became a partner in a local veterinary practice. Donald was a Gaelic-speaker from the island of Tiree; his wife was from Ayrshire. Campbell grew up with two older brothers, Donald and Graeme, and a younger sister, Elizabeth.

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He was a close adviser to Neil Kinnock, going on holiday with the Kinnocks, and worked closely with Mirror publisher Robert Maxwell. Shortly after Maxwell drowned in November 1991, Campbell punched The Guardian journalist Michael White after White joked about “Captain Bob, Bob, Bob…bobbing” in the Atlantic Ocean, referring to where the tycoon’s body had been recovered. Campbell later put this down to stress over uncertainty as to whether he and his colleagues would lose their jobs.

Facts & Trivia

Alastair Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Alastair Campbell celebrates birthday on May 25 of every year.

Shortly after Tony Blair was elected as Leader of the Labour Party in 1994, Campbell left Today to become Blair’s press secretary. Having recovered and become teetotal, he told Blair about his alcoholism, which Blair did not see as a problem. In his autobiography, Blair would later reveal that Campbell had coined the name “New Labour” and described Campbell as a “genius”. Campbell wrote the speech that led to the party’s review of Clause IV and the birth of “New Labour”. In addition to being press spokesman, Campbell was Blair’s speechwriter and chief strategist. He oversaw new co-ordination and rebuttal systems which gave birth to a communications machine which became both feared and respected, and the model for modern communications in politics and business. He earned a reputation for ruthless news management which made him many enemies in the media. But even the Conservatives conceded they were partly defeated by their inability to find someone to match him. Campbell played an important role in the run-up to the 1997 general election, working with Peter Mandelson to co-ordinate Labour’s successful election campaign. He also worked hard to win support from the national media for the Labour Party, particularly from newspapers that for many years had been anti-Labour. By March 1997, many of the leading newspapers—including The Sun, once a staunch Thatcherite paper; had declared their support for Labour.

Who is Alastair Campbells wife?

Fiona Millar
Alma mater| University College London
Occupation| Journalist
Partner| Alastair Campbell
Children| 3

Who is Alastair Campbell's daughter?

Grace Campbell

How old is Alastair Campbell?

65 years (May 25, 1957)

Where is Alastair Campbell from?

Keighley, United Kingdom

Does Alistair Campbell have children?

Children