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UK votes to Brexit: Facts about 'Leave' campaign leader Nigel Farage

On Thursday, Britons voted in a historic referendum to leave the European Union (EU). Meet the man who has claimed victory to Brexit for the Leave campaign.

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Nigel Farage, the leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), leaves after voting in the EU referendum, at a polling station in Biggin Hill, Britain June 23, 2016.
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On Thursday, Britons voted in a historic referendum to leave the European Union (EU). Meet the man who has claimed victory to Brexit for the Leave campaign.

Here all you need to know about Nigel Farage: 

- British politician Nigel Farage is a UK Independence Party (UKIP) MEP for the South East of England after leaving the Conservative Party in 1992

- According to ukip.org, Farage strongly believes in Independence for the United Kingdom (UK)Farage strongly believes in Independence for the United Kingdom (UK)

- In the past, he has often faced hostility from his political opponents for speaking out in favour of free and fair referendums 

- Farage was educated at Dulwich College and decided to work in the City, trading commodities at the London Metal Exchange instead of going to university 

- Farage was elected to the European Parliament in 1999 and then re-elected in 2004, 2009 and 2014 

- Farage has been married to Kirsten Mehr since 1999 and had four children

- Away from the political glare, Farage likes to fishing, country sports and English pubs

- In October 2013, Farage was ranked second in The Daily Telegraph's Top 100 most influential right-wingers poll 

- Farage, who has been campaigning for UK to leave the EU for almosty 20 years, say that while "immigration may have boosted economic growth in the past", that ordinary incomes has suffered, reported BBC

Farage's message after the Brexit vote:

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