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David Trimble

The Right Honourable
The Lord Trimble
PC
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Member of the House of Lords
Assumed office
2 June 2006
First Minister of Northern Ireland
In office
6 November 2001 – 14 October 2002
Serving with Mark Durkan
Preceded by Reg Empey (Acting)
Succeeded by Ian Paisley
First Minister of Northern Ireland
In office
1 July 1998 – 1 July 2001
Serving with Seamus Mallon
Preceded by Office created
Succeeded by Reg Empey (Acting)
Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party
In office
8 September 1995 – 24 June 2005
Deputy John Taylor
Sir Reg Empey
Preceded by James Molyneaux
Succeeded by Reg Empey
Member of the Legislative Assembly
for Upper Bann
In office
25 June 1998 – 7 March 2007
Preceded by Office created
Succeeded by George Savage
Member of Parliament
for Upper Bann
In office
17 May 1990 – 5 May 2005
Preceded by Harold McCusker
Succeeded by David Simpson
Personal details
Born William David Trimble
(1944-10-15) 15 October 1944 (age 72)
Bangor, Northern Ireland
Nationality British
Political party Conservative (2007–present)
Other political
affiliations
Ulster Unionist
(Before 1973; 1978–2007)
Ulster Vanguard
(1973–1978)
Spouse(s) Heather McComb (1968–1976)
Daphne Orr (1978–present)
Children Richard
Victoria
Nicholas
Sarah
Residence Banbridge, County Down
Alma mater Queen's University, Belfast
Occupation Politician
Profession Barrister
Lecturer
Religion Presbyterian
Website Official Website

William David Trimble, Baron Trimble, PC (born 15 October 1944), is a British politician who was the first First Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2002, and the leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) from 1995 to 2005. He was also the Member of Parliament for Upper Bann from 1990 to 2005 and the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Upper Bann from 1998 to 2007. In 2006, he was made a life peer in the House of Lords and a year later left the UUP to join the Conservative Party.

Trimble began his career as a Professor of Law at The Queen's University of Belfast in the 1970s, during which time he began to get involved with the paramilitary-linked Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party. He was elected to the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention in 1975, and joined the UUP in 1978 after the VPUP disbanded. Remaining at Queen's University, he continued his academic career until being elected as the MP for Upper Bann in 1990. In 1995 he was unexpectedly elected as the leader of the UUP. He was instrumental in the negotiations that led to the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, and (along with John Hume) won the Nobel Peace Prize that year for his efforts. He was later elected to become the first First Minister of Northern Ireland, although his tenure was turbulent and frequently interrupted by disagreements over the timetable for Provisional Irish Republican Army decommissioning.


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