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David Trimble

1944 - 2022

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William David Trimble, Baron Trimble, (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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Trimble is the 7,118th most popular politician (up from 8,435th in 2019), the 1,595th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,672nd in 2019) and the 281st most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, David Trimble ranks 7,118 out of 19,576. Before him are Godan Khan, Eurydice of Egypt, Mswati III, Michel Rocard, Álvaro Cunhal, and Edmund Veesenmayer. After him are Acrotatus II, Lusius Quietus, Denis Thatcher, Drastamat Kanayan, Infanta Eulalia of Spain, and Herod of Chalcis.

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Among people born in 1944, David Trimble ranks 189. Before him are Yoshio Kikugawa, Ayad Allawi, John Entwistle, Carlos Pace, Candy Darling, and Michael Rosbash. After him are Gianfranco Ferré, Chris Patten, John Newcombe, Muhammad Naji al-Otari, Sirhan Sirhan, and Jon Anderson. Among people deceased in 2022, David Trimble ranks 118. Before him are Thierry Mugler, Alain Tanner, Pierre Soulages, Yoshio Kikugawa, Andy Fletcher, and Margaret Keane. After him are Cüneyt Arkın, Jozef Tomko, Joachim Streich, Yuri Averbakh, Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, and Mirosław Hermaszewski.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Trimble ranks 1,595 out of 8,785. Before him are John Gould (1804), Aphra Behn (1640), Antony Flew (1923), Rishi Sunak (1980), Simon Le Bon (1958), and William Burges (1827). After him are Denis Thatcher (1915), Martin Shaw (1945), Martin Lowry (1874), Matt Bellamy (1978), Genesis P-Orridge (1950), and Seal (1963).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, David Trimble ranks 281. Before him are William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (1720), John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (1404), Ceawlin of Wessex (600), Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (1673), Thomas Gresham (1519), and Rishi Sunak (1980). After him are Denis Thatcher (1915), Chris Patten (1944), James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (1612), Betty Boothroyd (1929), William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (1759), and George Grenville (1712).

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