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Peter Mandelson

1953 - Today

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Peter Benjamin Mandelson, Baron Mandelson, (born 21 October 1953) is a British politician, lobbyist and diplomat who has served as British Ambassador to the United States since February 2025. A member of the Labour Party, Mandelson served as Labour's director of communications from 1985 to 1990, becoming one of the first people to whom the term "spin doctor" was applied and being dubbed the "Prince of Darkness" because of his "ruthless" and "media savvy" reputation. Mandelson served as Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and President of the Board of Trade in 1998 and again from 2008 to 2010, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 1999 to 2001 as well as First Secretary of State and Lord President of the Council from 2009 to 2010. He was the European Commissioner for Trade from 2004 to 2008 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Hartlepool from 1992 to 2004, before being elevated to the House of Lords as a Life Peer in 2008. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Mandelson is the 17,123rd most popular politician (up from 17,182nd in 2019), the 5,433rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,524th in 2019) and the 627th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Peter Mandelson ranks 17,123 out of 19,576. Before him are Osric of Deira, Achille Guenée, Liu Qi, Galab Donev, Ahmed Obaid Bin Dagher, and Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen. After him are Lauren Boebert, Yahya Ould Hademine, Heidi Hautala, Isabel Celaá, Kinuko Tanida, and Helen Gahagan Douglas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Peter Mandelson ranks 533. Before him are Keith Allen, Peter-Michael Kolbe, Mazarópi, Michael Portillo, Anna Komorowska, and Kevin Nealon. After him are Yahya Ould Hademine, Willy Rampf, Gus Williams, Peter Sarnak, Evelin Kaufer, and Raad Hammoudi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Mandelson ranks 5,435 out of 8,785. Before him are Chris Smalling (1989), Henry Taylor (1932), Jet Harris (1939), Andy Sutcliffe (1947), Peter Sallis (1921), and Margaret Drabble (1939). After him are W. Morgan Sheppard (1932), Andy Fairweather Low (1948), Andrea Riseborough (1981), Luke Goss (1968), Angela Cartwright (1952), and Richard Eyre (1943).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Peter Mandelson ranks 627. Before him are Tom Clarke (1858), Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke (1705), Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough (1790), Herbert Morrison (1888), Michael Portillo (1953), and John Graves Simcoe (1752). After him are Denis Healey (1917), Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742), John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence (1811), Malcolm MacDonald (1901), Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone (1854), and John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham (1792).

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