David Triesman, Baron Triesman
The Lord Triesman | |
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Official portrait, 2020 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Intellectual Property and Quality | |
| In office 29 June 2007 – 25 January 2008 | |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Bill Rammell |
| Succeeded by | David Lammy |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | |
| In office 10 May 2005 – 28 June 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Chris Mullin |
| Succeeded by | Meg Munn |
| General Secretary of the Labour Party | |
| In office 24 July 2001 – 16 December 2003 | |
| Leader | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Margaret McDonagh |
| Succeeded by | Matt Carter |
| General Secretary of the Association of University Teachers | |
| In office 1993–2001 | |
| Preceded by | Diana Warwick |
| Succeeded by | Sally Hunt |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 12 January 2004 Life Peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | David Maxim Triesman 30 October 1943 Hitchin, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Labour Party (1959-1970, 1976-2019, 2020-present) |
| Other political affiliations | Independent (2019-20) Communist Party of Great Britain (1970-1976) |
| Spouse | Lucy Hooberman |
| Children | 1 daughter |
| Alma mater | University of Essex, King's College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Academic, trade unionist, Merchant Banker, Politician |
| Profession | Economist |
| Awards | Hon Doctorates, etc: University of Northamptonshire, London South Bank University, University of Essex, Icebreaker Award for China-UK Relations |
David Maxim Triesman, Baron Triesman (born 30 October 1943) is a British politician, merchant banker and former trade union leader.
Triesman is a Labour member of the House of Lords. Triesman previously sat as a Labour peer until resigning the whip in July 2019, then having previously been a minister in the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills and Foreign and Commonwealth Office. He sat non-affiliated in the House of Lords until 2020 when he rejoined Labour. He was chairman of the Football Association from 2008 to 2010.