{"id":89904,"date":"2023-04-03T20:59:05","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T20:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2023\/04\/03\/nigel-lawson-reforming-chancellor-dies-aged-91\/"},"modified":"2023-04-03T20:59:05","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T20:59:05","slug":"nigel-lawson-reforming-chancellor-dies-aged-91","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2023\/04\/03\/nigel-lawson-reforming-chancellor-dies-aged-91\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigel Lawson: Reforming chancellor dies aged 91"},"content":{"rendered":"<div >\n<p ><b >Former Conservative Chancellor Nigel Lawson has died aged 91. <\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Best known for his role as Chancellor in the 1980s, Lord Lawson held several cabinet posts under Margaret Thatcher and served as Conservative MP for Blaby from 1974 to 1992.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >PM Rishi Sunak called Lord Lawson a &#8220;Chancellor of transformation and an inspiration to me and many others&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Lord Lawson is survived by six children, including Nigella Lawson, a food writer and celebrity chef.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<div >\n<ul >\n<li>Obituary: Nigel Lawson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >The Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RishiSunak\/status\/1642988449258160128\" >posted a picture of himself<\/a> as Chancellor with the caption: &#8220;One of the first things I did as Chancellor was to hang a picture of Nigel Lawson over my desk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >&#8220;My thoughts are with his family and friends at this time,&#8221; added Mr. Sunak.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Conservative Chancellor Nigel Lawson has died aged 91. Best known for his role as Chancellor in the 1980s, Lord Lawson held several cabinet posts under Margaret Thatcher and served as Conservative MP for Blaby from 1974 to 1992. PM Rishi Sunak called Lord Lawson a &#8220;Chancellor of transformation and an inspiration to me and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.1 (Yoast SEO v18.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nigel Lawson: Reforming chancellor dies aged 91 - Tahrir News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2023\/04\/03\/nigel-lawson-reforming-chancellor-dies-aged-91\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nigel Lawson: Reforming chancellor dies aged 91\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Conservative Chancellor Nigel Lawson has died aged 91. 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