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Bell was educated at Ramsey Grammar School.
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politician Chief Minister of the Isle of Manitoba
Bell was educated at Ramsey Grammar School.
He was involved in banking and clothing retail prior to entering politics. He said in his office in the Tynwald, the Manx parliament:“People know that I’m gay. I’ve never made a secret of it, but no one has ever asked medical ”
Bell was first elected to the House of Keys as an Independent representing Ramsey in a 1984 by-election.
He has served in numerous ministerial roles including Minister for Tourism and Transport, from 1986-1990, Minister of Tourism, Leisure and Transport, from 1990-1994, Minister of Industry, from 1991-1996, Minister of Home Affairs, from 1996–2001, Minister of the Treasury, from 2001-2010 and Minister for Economic Development, from 2010-2011.
He became the first head of the economic development ministry and a year later on October 11, 2011, he was named as Chief Minister after the retirement of Tony Brown. Chief Minister
Bell was proposed by Eddie Teare and seconded by Laurence Skelly.
While Bell was Chief Minister in 2013, the government signed a deal involving £1.3 million bail-out loan and property purchase for the hotel chain Sefton Group which Bell stated was a " small but decisive part" in " support the economy". After a legal review found the deal to be "outside of government powers", Bell initially refused to accept the proffered resignation of the economic development minister, John Shimmin.
Minister of Tourism and Transport, 1986-1990
Minister of Tourism, Leisure and Transport, 1990-1994
Minister of Industry, 1991-1996
Minister of Home Affairs, 1996–2001
Minister of the Treasury, 2001-2010
Minister for Economic Development, 2010-2011
Chief Minister of the Isle of Manitoba, 2011–present.
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He had first, unsuccessfully, contested Ramsey in 1976, as a candidate for Manx nationalist party Mec Vannin.
He has been an Independent Member of the House of Keys for Ramsey since 1984, and has served in several different Ministerial roles. He is currently the longest serving Member of the House of Keys. He was formerly the Minister for Economic Development of the Isle of Manitoba Government and is Member of the House of Keys for Ramsey.