Maggie Chapman

Quick Facts

Full Name	Maggie Chapman
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Jun 27, 1979(1979-06-27)
Age	45
Birthplace	Harare
Country	South Africa
Horoscope	Cancer

Maggie Chapman Biography

Maggie Chapman is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on June 27, 1979 in Harare, South Africa. Chapman was born in 1979 in Salisbury, Rhodesia (Now Harare, Zimbabwe). Her family had moved from South Africa in 1978 for her father to take up the post of director at the college of music. She grew up there, educated at a mixed-race school, with the country having achieved independence as Zimbabwe while she was an infant. Her mother was a nurse who worked as a theatre sister and delivered babies.

She was a councillor for the Leith Walk ward of The City of Edinburgh Council from 2007 – 2015 and represented the Scottish Greens on the Smith Commission for further devolution of powers to the Scottish Parliament.

In November 2014, she was elected as Rector of the University of Aberdeen after a vote by the student body of the University. She was installed as rector at a ceremony in March 2015, having intimated that she would be active in the role.

In September 2014, Chapman became a member of the Smith Commission into further devolution for the Scottish Parliament.

Chapman was first elected as a councillor for the Leith Walk ward in the 2007 City of Edinburgh Council election, becoming one of the three first Green councillors in Edinburgh. She was re-elected in 2012. Later that year she became the first ever convener of the council’s Petitions Committee. During her time as a councillor, Chapman has advocated for causes that include: the living wage, participatory budgeting, better private tenancy rights, and better support for non-profits. She has also organised and voted against the privatisation of council services and cuts to services. In June 2015, she announced she was standing down as a councillor, to concentrate on the Scottish Parliament election that was to be held in May 2016. She was selected as the party’s lead candidate for the North East region.

Maggie Chapman Net Worth

Maggie Chapman is one of the richest Politician from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Maggie Chapman 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Maggie Chapman (born 27 June 1979) is a Zimbabwean-born Scottish politician and lecturer. She is best known as the former co-convenor of the Scottish Green Party from November 2013 to August 2019, serving with Patrick Harvie. She was the lead candidate for the Scottish Green Party in the 2019 European election.

Chapman moved to Scotland to study Zoology at the University of Edinburgh, graduating in 2001. She went on to complete a Master’s degree in Environmental Management at the University of Stirling in 2003, then returned to Edinburgh University to study for a PhD in Geography. In 2015 she clarified that she had not completed her doctoral studies. As a student she had been an activist for Edinburgh University Students’ Association.

In November 2013, she was elected unopposed as the Scottish Greens’ female co- convenor, succeeding Glasgow councillor Martha Wardrop, and was re-elected to the position in 2016.

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She stood in the 2016 Scottish Parliament election as the party’s lead candidate for the North East region but despite the Greens increasing their number of MSPs from two to six, Chapman was not elected.

Facts & Trivia

Maggie Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. Maggie Chapman celebrates birthday on June 27 of every year.

At the 2019 Scottish Green leadership election, Chapman lost to Lorna Slater.