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David Trimble

First Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2002

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David Trimble was the First Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2002, serving as the region's top political leader during a crucial period following the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. His leadership during these years was significant because he helped guide Northern Ireland through the early implementation of the peace agreement that aimed to end decades of conflict.

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Born: 1944
Died: 2022
Works: 31

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Trimble sets the record straight
Address by Northern Ireland's First Minister Rt. Hon. David Trimble on the visit of the President William Jefferson Clinton at the Waterfront Hall 3 September 1998
Address by Rt. Hon. David Trimble to Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Address by the Rt. Hon. David Trimble, MP, First Minister of Northern Ireland at the Empire Club, Toronto, 14 October 1998
Addressing a reception to mark the 90th anniversary of the Unionist Council

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Type: Person
Country: US
Active from: 1991-04-08

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William David Trimble, Baron Trimble, PC (15 October 1944 – 25 July 2022) was a Northern Irish statesman and politician who was the inaugural First Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2002 and leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) from 1995 to 2005. He was also Member of Parliament (MP) for Upper Bann from 1990 to 2005 and Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Upper Bann from 1998 to 2007.

Trimble began his career teaching 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 (VPUP). 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.