Daniel Anthony Feetham KC MP is a Gibraltarian lawyer and former politician who served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Gibraltar Social Democrats from 2013 to 2017.
16 Facts About Daniel Feetham
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Mr Feetham was, until he stepped down in Oct 2023, the longest serving Member of Parliament on the Opposition benches.
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Daniel Feetham addressed the UN Fourth Committee on the decolonisation of Gibraltar in 2002 and 2003 advocating devolved integration with the United Kingdom.
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Daniel Feetham served as Gibraltar's first Minister of Justice from 2007 to 2011 with the GSD.
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Daniel Feetham is credited for the equalization of the age of consent between heterosexuals, which stood at 16 years and homosexual men, which stood at 18 years old.
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Mr Daniel Feetham became deputy leader of the GSD in 2012 and in February 2013 he was elected as leader of the GSD and became Leader of the Opposition until June 2017.
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The party however advocated fiscally conservative policies and Mr Daniel Feetham vociferously criticized the GSLP-Liberal Government's policy on debt and Government spending.
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On 2 November 2010, Mr Daniel Feetham was stabbed in the back while out walking in Library Street with his children.
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Daniel Feetham's attacker was on bail at the time on charges of attempted murder of a doctor at St Bernard's Hospital and stabbed Mr Feetham because he had been declined, by a judge, legal aid to retain an English QC to represent him rather than having local representation.
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Daniel Feetham was appointed one of Her Majesty's Counsel in December 2016.
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Daniel Feetham is the Managing Director of London Law Firm, Madison Legal and practices as a barrister from 3 Hare Court in Temple.
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Daniel Feetham is a partner in largest law firm in Gibraltar, Hassans International Law Firm.
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Daniel Feetham was elected as an MP and as Minister for Justice.
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Daniel Feetham beat his opponent Damon Bossino and was elected GSD Leader and subsequently as Leader of the Opposition.
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Daniel Feetham is married to Julia and has 3 children.
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Daniel Feetham's brother, Nigel Feetham KC, was a Legal Partner at Hassans and is serving as an MP and Minister for Trade and Industry, Financial Services, Gaming and Justice with the GSLP-Liberal Government since the 2023 Gibraltar general election.