William Edward "Eddie" Teare, (born 10 May 1948) is a Manx politician, who was the Minister of the Treasury from 2011 to 2016 after holding other ministerial positions. He was MHK (Member of the

House of Keys The House of Keys () is the directly elected lower house of Tynwald, the parliament of the Isle of Man, the other branch being the Legislative Council. History The oldest known reference to the name is in a document of 1417, written in ...

) for

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from 2004 to 2016, having first been elected to the House in a 2004 by-election. He was educated at

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. He is an associate of the

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and has a distinction in the Finance of Foreign Trade. He worked for the

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from 1965 to 2004, rising to risk manager and senior relationship manager. He has also worked as a conveyancing manager at Laurence Keenan Advocates.

Personal life

Teare is married to Irene (née Craig). They have two children, Steven (born 1983) and Faye (born 1985).

Governmental positions

*Chairman of the

Manx Electricity Authority The Manx Electricity Authority ( gv, Lught-reill Lectraghys Manninagh) was a Statutory Board of the Isle of Man Government which generated and supplied electricity for the Isle of Man. In 2014 it became part of the Manx Utilities Authority when i ...

, 2005–07 * Minister of Health and Social Security, 2006–10 *Minister for Education and Children, 2010–11 * Minister of the Treasury, 2011–16

References

1948 births Living people Manx politicians Members of the House of Keys 2001–2006 Members of the House of Keys 2006–2011 Members of the House of Keys 2011–2016 {{IsleofMan-politician-stub