Rector Of The University Of Glasgow
The Lord Rector (more commonly known just as the Rector) of the University of Glasgow is one of the most senior posts within that institution, elected every three years by students. The role of the Rector is to represent students to the senior management of the University and raise issues which concern them. In order to achieve this, the Rector is the statutory chair of Court, the governing body of the University.
The position's place in the university was enshrined by statute in the Universities (Scotland) Act 1889, which provided for the election of a Rector at all of the universities in existence at the time in Scotland (being St Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh). Students of the University of Dundee also elect a Rector.
The current Rector is The Rt. Hon. Charles Kennedy, P.C., M.P., former leader of the Liberal Democrats, and former President of the Glasgow University Union. He was first elected in 2008, and was re-elected in the most recent election held over 21–22 February 2011. He beat writer and comedienne A L Kennedy with 2601 to 565 votes, becoming only the second Rector to be elected to two consecutive terms, along with Conservative Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (1871–1877).
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