Keir Starmer

About

Best known for holding office from 2008 until 2013 as British Director of Public Prosecution and as leader of the Crown Prosecution Service, this high-ranking barrister also fought for human rights and legal reform in both the Caribbean and Northern Ireland. In 2020, he became Leader of the Labour Party. Starmer was elected to Prime Minister in 2024.

Before Fame

During the 1980s, he studied law at both the University of Leeds and the University of Oxford. 

Trivia

He was named for Scottish Labour Party politician Keir Hardie. His political fame has helped him accrue over 370,000 followers on Instagram. 

Family Life

Following their 2007 wedding, he and his wife Victoria welcomed two children. 

Associated With

Fellow politician David Lammy appeared in an Instagram photo with him during the summer of 2022.