David Trimble

Politician

David Trimble was born in Bangor, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom on October 15th, 1944 and is the Politician. At the age of 79, David Trimble biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
October 15, 1944
Nationality
United Kingdom
Place of Birth
Bangor, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Age
79 years old
Zodiac Sign
Libra
Profession
Politician, University Teacher
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Education
Queen's University Belfast (LLB)
David Trimble Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Heather McComb, ​ ​(m. 1968; div. 1976)​, Daphne Orr ​(m. 1978)​
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4
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David Trimble Career

Trimble qualified as a barrister in 1969. He began that year as a Queen's University of Belfast lecturer, subsequently becoming Assistant Dean of the law faculty from 1973 to 1975, a Senior Lecturer in 1977, and Head of the Department of Commercial and Property Law from 1981 to 1989. He resigned from the university in 1990 when he was elected to Parliament.

In 1983, as he sat in his office at the university, he heard gunshots which turned out to be those of the IRA killers of Edgar Graham, a friend and fellow law professor. He was asked to identify the body. In 1994 he was told by the Royal Ulster Constabulary that he had been targeted for assassination.

Trimble became involved with the right-wing, paramilitary-linked Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party (known as Vanguard) in the early 1970s. He ran unsuccessfully for the party in the 1973 Assembly election for North Down, coming last. In 1974, he was a legal adviser to the Ulster Workers' Council during the successful UWC strike against the Sunningdale Agreement.

Trimble was elected to the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention in 1975 as a Vanguard member for Belfast South, and for a time he served as the party's joint deputy leader, along with the Ulster Defence Association's Glenn Barr. The party had been established by Bill 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.

Trimble joined the mainstream Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) in 1978 after Vanguard disbanded, and was elected one of the four party secretaries. He served as Vice Chairman of the Lagan Valley Unionist Association from 1983 to 1985, and was named chairman in 1985. He served as chairman of the UUP Legal Committee from 1989 to 1995 and as honorary secretary of the Ulster Unionist Council in 1990–96.

Trimble was elected to Parliament with 58% of the vote in a by-election in Upper Bann in 1990. He was one of the few British politicians who urged support for the government of Bosnia and Herzegovina during the civil war in the 1990s.

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Tony Blair and Bill Clinton were alarmed the IRA would not decomission its weapons

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 27, 2023
In a phone call with Mr Blair in January 2000, the then US president was 'taken aback' when it was announced that decommissioning would miss the deadline. As tensions mounted on former Northern Ireland first minister David Trimble, the aim had been to make some strides on the IRA promise by February 2000. The call was made a day before Sinn Fein chief Gerry Adams met with Mr Clinton at the White House, where they had a 'lock' about decommissioning's rate. Mr Clinton's call to the former prime minister are among the newly released Irish archive files. According to one of the items, a White House representative was 'concerned at' the feeling of fear that Blair expressed.'

Liz Truss is expected to be the next Prime Minister of Tory with a poll showing 66% of Tory members support her

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 18, 2022
Some MPs are predicting that Rishi Sunak will abandon Parliament if he loses the election for No. 10 - although allies insist he is "not going anywhere." Mr Sunak has 'burned his boats' during the election, which is likely to come to an end on September 5, according to senior Conservatives, and is unlikely to be given a job he would not accept. According to YouGov's report, Ms Truss is backed by 66% of party members, who are choosing Boris Johnson's replacement. Mr Sunak only has support from 33% of those who are unaware. Although the 32-point lead is marginally smaller than it was expected a fortnight ago, just 33% are now undecided, with nearly six out of ten overwhelmingly voted. Boris Johnson is still going, according to the poll, with 56% saying it was wrong to pressure him to resign.

Boris Johnson, the Polish Prime Minister, has sailed on a farewell visit, but Mateusz Morawiecki insists he is too occupied

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 10, 2022
Boris Johnson's hopes of a farewell trip to Poland were shattered after the country's prime minister told Downing Street that he was too occupied. Mr Johnson was supposed to speak with Mateusz Morawiecki in Warsaw as part of a string of vain visits and phone calls with world leaders. However, Number 10's efforts to organise the trip have now fallen short of completion, with Mr Morawiecki's office reportedly pulling out of a meeting tentatively scheduled for this Monday. They are also said to have told Downing Street that it's unlikely that the Polish prime minister will have time to visit Mr Johnson before he leaves Downing Street in early September.