{{For|the other Manx politician|Claire Christian (politician)}}{{Short description|Manx politician (born 1945)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Clare Christian |office = President of Tynwald |monarch = Elizabeth II |governor = Adam Wood |term_start = 12 July 2011<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.manxradio.com/newsread.aspx?id=53414 |title= Manx Radio: The Isle of Man's Premier Radio Station |accessdate=2011-10-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811155955/http://www.manxradio.com/newsread.aspx?id=53414 |archivedate=2011-08-11 }}</ref> |term_end = 19 July 2016 |predecessor = Noel Cringle |premier = Tony Brown<br />Allan Bell |successor = Steve Rodan |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|09|11|df=y}} |birth_place = Isle of Man |profession = Politician |spouse = Thomas Christian<br /><small>(m. 1974, div. 1977)</small> |children = 1 |party = Independent }}
'''Clare Margaret Christian''' OBE CP (born 11 September 1945<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tynwald.org.im/tynwald/biographies/christian-cm.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-10-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414183733/http://www.tynwald.org.im/tynwald/biographies/christian-cm.pdf |archivedate=2012-04-14 }}</ref>) is a Manx politician, who was President of Tynwald until 2016. She is a former member of the Legislative Council and former Health Minister in the Isle of Man Government.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/ministerial_reshuffle_today_1_1752634|title=Minsterial Reshuffle Today|date=30 June 2004|work=Isle of Man Newspapers|accessdate=19 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721145524/http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/ministerial_reshuffle_today_1_1752634|archive-date=21 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Christian is the daughter of Sir Charles Kerruish, President of Tynwald and Chairman of the Executive Council. Her sister is Anne Craine, the former Treasury Minister.<ref name=CV>[https://culturevannin.im/parishcaptains/page_602903.html Culture Vannin website, ''Clare Christian, 2018'']</ref> She is a graduate of the University of London with a degree in Physics and Chemistry, and previously worked as a research chemist for Cadbury Schweppes. She was also the Island Guide Commissioner from 1991 to 1996.
Christian became an MHK at her first attempt for the Ayre constituency in March 1980, but failed to be re-elected in 1986. She was, however, appointed an MLC in 1993 and was appointed Health Minister in 1996, overseeing the construction of the new Noble's Hospital. In 2011, she was elected to the position of President of Tynwald.
Christian was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to the Isle of Man.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=61608|supp=y|page=B26|date=11 June 2016}}</ref>
She was appointed Captain of the Parish of Maughold in early 2018.<ref name=CV />
==Governmental positions== *Chairman of the Civil Service Commission, 1981–82 *Minister of Health and Social Security, 1996–2004 *Vice Chairman of Isle of Man Water and Sewerage Authority, 2009–11 *President of Tynwald, 2011–16
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