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Donald Gelling was born on 5 July, 1938 in Santon, Isle of Man, is a Donald James Gelling CBE CP, CInstSMM is Manx former. Discover Donald Gelling's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 85 years old?

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Age 85 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 5 July, 1938
Birthday 5 July
Birthplace Santon, Isle of Man
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Who Is Donald Gelling's Wife?

His wife is Joan Kelly (m. 1960)

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Children 3 sons, 1 daughter

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1938

Donald James Gelling CBE CP, CInstSMM (born 5 July 1938 ) is a Manx former politician, who is a former Chief Minister of the Isle of Man who served two terms as Head of the Government.

Gelling was born on Tynwald Day (5 July) 1938 in Santon, a village to the south-west of Douglas.

1954

He was apprenticed in engineering from 1954 to 1959 and after National Service in the Royal Air Force he became a salesman of agricultural machinery and vehicles.

1960

Gelling has been married to Joan (née Kelly) since 1960, they have 4 children together.

1961

His political career began immediately as his National Service ended in 1961 when he was elected as a Santon Parish Commissioner; he served for 25 years and had five terms as Chairman of the Commissioners.

1969

He was a general manager of his company from 1969.

1986

In the Tynwald election of November 1986 Gelling was elected as Member of the House of Keys for Malew and Santon constituency.

Like most political figures in the Isle of Man, Gelling does not belong to any political party and has fought elections as an Independent on his own personal record and policies.

1988

Gelling served as Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry from 1988 to 1989 and was then appointed to the important role of Minister for Treasury.

In this role he kept the Isle of Man's status as a 'tax haven' and moved to build up the financial services sector as Chairman of the Financial Supervision Commission.

1996

After the 1996 general election, Gelling was elected Chief Minister of the Isle of Man.

2001

In the November 2001 General Election he was re-elected.

He decided to retire from the Chief Ministership the following year and was elected by his Keys colleagues to be a Member of the Legislative Council (MLC).

The Legislative Council is the Upper House of Tynwald, the Isle of Man's parliament.

He retained his interest in the financial services industry as the head of Isle of Man Finance, a body set up by the Manx Treasury to promote the industry.

2004

After the sudden resignation of Richard Corkill on 2 December 2004 in a financial scandal, Gelling was re-elected as Chief Minister on 14 December.

2006

He stayed in office then for exactly two years before stepping down as Chief Minister after the 2006 General Election.

2007

He then stood down as an MLC on 18 January 2007, retiring from politics.