Peter Mandelson, Baron Mandelson of Foy
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The Right Honourable The Lord Mandelson PC |
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| First Secretary of State | |
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In office 5 June 2009 – 11 May 2010 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | John Prescott (2007) |
| Succeeded by | William Hague |
| Lord President of the Council | |
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In office 5 June 2009 – 11 May 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | The Baroness Royall of Blaisdon |
| Succeeded by | Nick Clegg |
| Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills | |
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In office 5 June 2009 – 11 May 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
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Himself (Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) John Denham (Innovation, Universities and Skills) |
| Succeeded by | Vince Cable |
| Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform | |
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In office 3 October 2008 – 5 June 2009 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | John Hutton |
| Succeeded by | Himself (Business, Innovation and Skills) |
| President of the Board of Trade | |
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In office 3 October 2008 – 11 May 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | John Hutton |
| Succeeded by | Vince Cable |
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In office 27 July 1998 – 23 December 1998 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Margaret Beckett |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Byers |
| European Commissioner for Trade | |
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In office 22 November 2004 – 3 October 2008 |
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| President | José Manuel Barroso |
| Preceded by | Pascal Lamy |
| Succeeded by | Catherine Ashton |
| Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | |
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In office 11 October 1999 – 24 January 2001 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Mo Mowlam |
| Succeeded by | John Reid |
| Secretary of State for Trade and Industry | |
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In office 27 July 1998 – 23 December 1998 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Margaret Beckett |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Byers |
| Minister without portfolio | |
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In office 2 May 1997 – 27 July 1998 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Brian Mawhinney |
| Succeeded by | Charles Clarke |
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Member of Parliament for Hartlepool |
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In office 9 April 1992 – 8 September 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Ted Leadbitter |
| Succeeded by | Iain Wright |
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal |
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Assumed office 13 October 2008 Life Peerage |
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| Personal details | |
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Peter Benjamin Mandelson 21 October 1953 Hampstead Garden, London, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Domestic partner | Reinaldo Avila da Silva |
| Alma mater | St Catherine's College, Oxford |
Peter Benjamin Mandelson, Baron Mandelson PC (born 21 October 1953) is a British Labour politician, president of international think tank Policy Network and Chairman of strategic advisory firm Global Counsel.
He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Hartlepool from 1992 to 2004, and held a number of Cabinet positions under Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He was also the European Commissioner for Trade between 2004 and 2008.
Mandelson was one of several individuals responsible for the rebranding of the Labour Party as New Labour before its subsequent victory in the 1997 election. He resigned twice from the Cabinet before leaving Parliament to take up an appointment as a European Commissioner. He later rejoined the Cabinet for a third time after being created a Life Peer, sitting on the Labour benches in the House of Lords.
Peter Mandelson was born in Hampstead Garden Suburb, Middlesex, on 21 October 1953, the son of Mary Joyce (née Morrison) and George Norman Mandelson. His father's family was Jewish; his grandfather had founded the Harrow United Synagogue. His father (known as Tony) was the advertising manager of The Jewish Chronicle who was commissioned as an officer in the Royal Dragoons in World War II. On his mother's side Peter is the grandson of Herbert Morrison, the London County Council Leader and Labour Cabinet Minister in the Attlee ministry.
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