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Lord Triesman

The Lord Triesman
Executive director - Salamanca Group
Assumed office
2013
Chairman Advisory Board - Templewood Merchant Bank
Assumed office
2010
Chairman of The Football Association
In office
2008–2011
Preceded by Geoff Thompson
Succeeded by David Bernstein
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
In office
2005–2008
Preceded by Bill Rammell
Succeeded by David Lammy
General Secretary of the Labour Party
In office
2001–2002
Preceded by Margaret McDonagh
Succeeded by Matt Carter
General Secretary of the Association of University Teachers
In office
1993–2001
Preceded by Diana Warwick
Succeeded by Sally Hunt
Personal details
Born David Maxim Triesman
(1943-10-30) 30 October 1943 (age 73)
Hitchin, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Nationality British
Political party Labour
Other political
affiliations
British Communist Party
Children 1 daughter
Alma mater University of Essex,
King's College, Cambridge
Occupation Academic, trade unionist, Merchant Banker, Politician
Profession Economist
Awards Hon Doctorates, etc: University of Northamptonshire, London South Bank University, University of Essex, Icebreaker Award for China-UK Relations

David Maxim Triesman, Baron Triesman (born 30 October 1943) is a British politician, Merchant Banker and former trade union leader.

Triesman is a Labour member of the House of Lords, having previously been a minister in the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills and Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

A former Chairman of the Football Association, he now serves as HM Opposition (Labour) Lords Spokesman for Foreign Affairs since Cameron's Coalition Government.

Triesman (named Maxim after Maxim Gorky, the Russian author, whom his mother admired) was born into a North London Jewish community, the son of Michael Triesman, of Belarusian and Latvian descent, and Rita Triesman (née Lubran) of French descent.

Triesman was educated at the Stationers' Company's School in London, before going up to the University of Essex and subsequently the University of Cambridge, Kings College.


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