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The Rt Hon.
The Lord Trimble, PC
In office
1 July 1998 – 1 July 2001
Deputy Seamus Mallon
Preceded by (none)
In office
1 November 2001 – 14 October 2002
Deputy Mark Durkan
Succeeded by Ian Paisley
Born October 15, 1944 (1944-10-15) (age 63)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
United Kingdom
Political party Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party, Ulster Unionist and Conservative
Alma mater Queen's University Belfast
Religion Presbyterian

William David Trimble, Baron Trimble, PC (born 15 October 1944), is a Conservative politician from Northern Ireland who served as leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and the first First Minister of Northern Ireland. The First Minister and the deputy First Minister (Irish Céad-Aire agus an Leas-Chéad-Aire, Ulster Scots: Heid Männystèr an tha Heid Männystèr depute "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. 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Results Overview For events leading up to the date of the election see article Pre-election day events of the United Kingdom general On 6 June 2006 he became a member of the House of Lords as The Right Honourable William David Trimble by the name, style and title of Baron Trimble, of Lisnagarvey in the County of Antrim. Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The House of Lords is the second house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is also commonly referred to as "the Lords" [1] On 17 April 2007 he announced that he was to leave the UUP and join the Conservative Party. Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. 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He is married to his former student, Daphne Orr, and they have four children. He had no children from his first marriage, which ended in divorce. Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the termination of a Marriage.

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Education and early career

David Trimble was educated at Bangor Grammar School in Bangor, County Down, and at the Queen's University of Belfast (QUB), where he received a First class honours degree, becoming a Bachelor of Laws (LL. School building plans A three year campaign to gain funding from the Department of Education for a new school building for Bangor Grammar School came to a successful end on March Bangor (Beannchor is a large Town in County Down, Northern Ireland, with a population of 76403 people in the 2001 Census, making it the Queen's University Belfast is a university in Belfast, Northern Ireland. A First Class Honours degree is an Academic degree awarded to students at Undergraduate and Post-graduate level either by Examination, course The Bachelor of Laws (abbreviated LLB, LLB or rarely LlB) is an undergraduate or bachelor degree in law offered in most Common law B). He qualified as a barrister in Northern Ireland in 1969 and became a lecturer in law at QUB, becoming a Senior Lecturer in 1977. He served as head of the Department of Commercial and Property Law from 1980 to 1989. [3]

David Trimble became involved with the Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party in the early 1970s and ran unsuccessfully for the party in the 1973 Assembly election for North Down, taking only 446 votes and last place. The Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party (VUPP was a unionist political party which existed in Northern Ireland between 1973 and 1978 The 1973 elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly took place following the publication of the British government's White paper Northern Ireland Constitutional North Down is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. [4] In 1974 he acted as legal adviser to the Ulster Workers' Council during the paramilitary-controlled Ulster Workers' Strike, during which loyalist paramilitaries intimidated thousands of utility workers. The Ulster Workers Council was a loyalist workers' organisation set up in Northern Ireland in 1974 as a more formalised successor to the Loyalist Association In general a loyalist is one who maintains loyalty to an established government political party or sovereign especially during war or revolutionary change A paramilitary is a force whose function and organization are similar to those of a professional military force but which are not regarded as having the same status He was elected to the Northern Ireland Convention in 1975 as a Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party member for South Belfast and for a time he served as the party's joint-deputy leader, along with the Ulster Defence Association's Glenn Barr. Belfast South is a Parliamentary Constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons. The Ulster Defence Association ( UDA) is a loyalist Paramilitary criminal organization in Northern Ireland, outlawed as a Terrorist Glenn Barr OBE (born 1932 in Derry) was a Northern Ireland politician and advocate of Ulster nationalism. The party had been established by William Craig to oppose sharing power with Irish Nationalists, and to prevent closer ties with the Republic of Ireland, however Trimble was one of those to back Craig when the party split over Craig's proposal to allow voluntary power sharing with the SDLP. __FORCETOC__ William (Bill Craig (b 2 December 1924) is a Northern Ireland Politician best known for forming the Ulster Vanguard Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe.

When the Vanguard party collapsed he joined the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) in 1978 and was elected one of the four party secretaries. The Ulster Unionist Party ( UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP or in a historic sense simply the Unionist Party He ran unsuccessfully for the UUP in the 1981 council elections in the Lisburn area. He was elected to Westminster in a by-election in Upper Bann in 1990. The 1990 by-election in Upper Bann was caused by the death of the sitting Ulster Unionist Party Member of Parliament Harold McCusker on [5] He was one of the few British politicians who urged support for the Islamic government of Bosnia and Herzegovina during the civil war in the 1990s. For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Latin script: Bosna i Hercegovina, Cyrillic script: Босна и Херцеговина is a country on the Balkan The War in Bosnia and Herzegovina, commonly known as the Bosnian War, was an international armed conflict that took place between March 1992 and November 1995 His support for an interventionist foreign policy is demonstrated by his membership of the Henry Jackson Society. The Henry Jackson Society is a non-partisan society or Think tank (with tax-exempt charity status that aims to promote ' democratic Geopolitics '

Leadership of Ulster Unionist Party

In 1995 Trimble was unexpectedly elected leader of the UUP, defeating the front-runner John Taylor. The September 1995 Ulster Unionist Party leadership election began on August 28 1995 when James Molyneaux resigned as leader of the Ulster Unionist John David Taylor Baron Kilclooney, PC (NI (b 24 December 1937) is a former Ulster Unionist Party MP and now a Life peer. Trimble's election as party leader came in the aftermath of his leading role in the controversial Orange Order march, amidst Nationalist protest, down the predominantly Nationalist Garvaghy Road in Portadown, County Armagh. The Orange Institution, more commonly known as the Orange Order or the Orange Lodge, is a Protestant fraternal organisation based predominantly Portadown ( is a former market town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. County Armagh ( Contae Ard Mhacha in Irish - from the height of Macha) is a county in Ulster in the north east of Ireland Trimble and Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Ian Paisley were filmed walking hand-in-hand as the march proceeded down the road, in a controversial march that has been banned since 1997. The Democratic Unionist Party ( DUP) is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. Ian Richard Kyle Paisley (born 6 April 1926 styled The Rt Hon This has been labelled the Drumcree "Victory Jig" by some commentators who are quick to point out that while Trimble gained immediate credibility just before the leadership election he lost it longterm. Victory Jig is a phrase describing the celebration of a victory or success with a little dance shuffle body movement skip or spring in the step [6] Most recently the "Victory Jig" episode was cited as an example of Trimble "manipulating" the Orange Order "to get the leadership of the Ulster Unionist Party. "[7]

First Minister of Northern Ireland

Trimble at first opposed the appointment of former US Senator George J. Mitchell as the chairman of the multi-party talks which resulted in the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement (GFA) of 1998. For other persons with a similar name see George Mitchell. George John Mitchell, GBE (born August 20, 1933 The Agreement, most often referred to as the Belfast Agreement (Comhaontú Bhéal Feirste Belfast Greeance or the Good Friday Agreement (Comhaontú Aoine an Trimble was subsequently seen as instrumental in getting his party to accept the accord. Later in 1998, Trimble and John Hume were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland. John Hume (born 18 January 1937) is a former Politician in Northern Ireland, founding member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Left wing commentator Eamon McCann described Trimble winning the Nobel Peace Prize as winning the lottery and not buying a ticket. Trimble was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly and subsequently became First Minister of Northern Ireland with Seamus Mallon as deputy First Minister. The Northern Ireland Assembly ( Irish: Tionól Thuaisceart Éireann, Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann Semmlie) is the devolved The First Minister and the deputy First Minister (Irish Céad-Aire agus an Leas-Chéad-Aire, Ulster Scots: Heid Männystèr an tha Heid Männystèr depute Seamus Mallon MP first Deputy First Minister of Northern However arguments over the extent of Provisional Irish Republican Army decommissioning meant that Trimble's tenure as First Minister was repeatedly interrupted. The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Óglaigh na hÉireann ( IRA; also referred to as the PIRA, the Provos, or by some of its supporters as the In particular:

At the general elections of 2005, David Trimble failed in his bid for re-election to Parliament in Westminster when he was defeated by the Democratic Unionist Party's David Simpson. Results Overview For events leading up to the date of the election see article Pre-election day events of the United Kingdom general The Democratic Unionist Party ( DUP) is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. David Simpson (born February 16 1959) is a Democratic Unionist politician in the United Kingdom. The Ulster Unionist Party retained only one seat in Parliament (out of eighteen in Northern Ireland) after the 2005 General Election, and David Trimble resigned as leader of the party on 7 May 2005. Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

On 11 April 2006, it was announced that Trimble would take a seat in the House of Lords as a working life peer. Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The House of Lords is the second house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is also commonly referred to as "the Lords" In the United Kingdom, life peers are created members of the Peerage whose titles may not be inherited (those whose titles are inheritable are known as Hereditary [8] On 21 May 2006 it was announced that he had chosen the geographical designation Lisnagarvey, the original name for his adopted home town of Lisburn and on 2 June 2006 he was created Baron Trimble, of Lisnagarvey in the County of Antrim. Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Lisburn (Lios na gCearrbhach meaning fort of the gamblers) is a predominantly Unionist city in Northern Ireland, south-west of and adjoining Belfast Events 455 - The Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. County Antrim ( Contae Aontroma or simply Aontroim in Irish) is one of six counties that form Northern Ireland, and one of nine counties [1]

On 17 April 2007, Trimble announced that he had decided to join the Conservative Party in order to have greater influence in politics at a United Kingdom-wide level. Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. [2] At the same time, however, he stated that he did not intend to campaign against the Ulster Unionist Party, and proposed the idea of a future alliance between the Conservatives and the Ulster Unionists, similar to that which had existed prior to 1974 and the fallout of the Sunningdale Agreement. The Sunningdale Agreement was an attempt to end " The Troubles " in Northern Ireland by forcing unionists to share power with nationalists

Death threats

Trimble has recently complained to the Metropolitan Police chief Sir Ian Blair over death threats made against him on the Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA)-aligned 32 County Sovereignty Committee (32CSM) bulletin board. Sir Ian Warwick Blair, QPM MA (born 19 March 1953 is a senior British Police officer who holds The Real Irish Republican Army, otherwise known as the Real IRA (RIRA or True IRA and styling itself as Óglaigh na hÉireann (Volunteers History The organisation was founded on 7 December 1997 at a meeting in Fingal in Dublin by republican activists who were opposed to the direction He said he was copying the letter to the Prime Minister, Home Secretary, Northern Ireland Secretary and Scottish Secretary. The initial posting was made by "Trimble murder suggestions" on 19 May 2006. Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. [9]

Interests

Trimble has expressed his admiration for Elvis Presley and, on 14th August 2007, he presented a special edition of BBC Radio 4's "Great Lives" to mark the 30th anniversary of Presley's death. Trimble concluded,
If you look at where popular culture was in 1955, the way in which he changed it, the way in which he developed it, there are many people in the music business who have only achieved a tenth, not even that, of what Elvis achieved.

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b London Gazette: no. 58004, page 7793, 7 June 2006. The London Gazette is one of the official journals of record of the British government, and the most important among such official journals in the UK in which certain Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Retrieved on 2007-11-21. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family restores the Temple in Jerusalem.
  2. ^ a b David Trimble official website (2007-04-17). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. "Statement by Baron Trimble, Tuesday, 17 April 2007". Press release. A news release, media release, press release or press statement is a written or recorded Communication directed at members of the News Retrieved on 2007-04-17. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor.  “Consequently I have decided to join the Conservatives. ”
  3. ^ Northern Ireland Executive biography.
  4. ^ North Down 1973-1982, Northern Ireland Elections
  5. ^ London Gazette: no. 52150, page 9691, 25 May 1990. The London Gazette is one of the official journals of record of the British government, and the most important among such official journals in the UK in which certain Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Retrieved on 2007-11-21. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family restores the Temple in Jerusalem.
  6. ^ See comments on the "Victory Jig" here. See video of the controversial march and "Victory Jig" in the 1995 section here.
  7. ^ See comments by DUP's David Simpson dated 28 April 2006 on BBC News available here. David Simpson (born February 16 1959) is a Democratic Unionist politician in the United Kingdom.
  8. ^ BBC. "New working life peers unveiled", 11 April 2006. Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Retrieved on 2007-04-18. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland.  
  9. ^ The bulletin board has since ceased to function. See initial BBC News report 19 May 2006 available here. Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. See 32 County Sovereignty Committee website available here.

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See also

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Harold McCusker		 Member of Parliament for Upper Bann
1990–2005		 Succeeded by
David Simpson
Political offices
Preceded by
Ernest Baird		 Deputy Leader of the Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party
1975–1978		 Succeeded by
position abolished
Preceded by
James Molyneaux		 Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party
1995-2005		 Succeeded by
Reg Empey
Preceded by
–		 First Minister of Northern Ireland
1998–2001		 Succeeded by
Reg Empey
(acting)
Preceded by
Reg Empey
(acting)		 First Minister of Northern Ireland
2001–2002		 Succeeded by
Office Suspended 2002-07
Ian Paisley
2007-present


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NAME Trimble, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Trimble, William David, Baron Trimble (full name with title)
SHORT DESCRIPTION Northern Irish politician
DATE OF BIRTH 15 October 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH living
PLACE OF DEATH
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