Andrew Marr (born 31 july 1959) is a British journalist and political commentator. He was editor of The Independent until May 1998 and is now political editor for the BBC. Andrew Marr was born in Glasgow, educated at Dundee High School, Craigflower school and Loretto School in Musselburgh. He then went on to read English at Cambridge University.

Andrew joined The Scotsman as junior business reporter in 1981. He went on to become parliamentary correspondent in 1984 and then political correspondent in 1986.

He was a columnist for The Express, The Observer, and The Economist before being appointed as BBC political editor in May 2000.

He was named Columnist of the Year 1995 and Columnist of the Year in British Press Awards and received the Journalist Award in the Channel 4 Political Awards of 2001.

Andrew Marr has written several books on politics and journalism.

External links

• Press Office - Andrew Marr (http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/news/andrewmarr.shtml) - BBC biography