The Nobel Peace Prize 1998
Awarded on: 1998-10-16
"for their efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland"
David Trimble
Born: 1944-10-15 in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Gender: male
Field: First Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2002 (1944–2022)
Biography
William David Trimble, Baron Trimble, was a Northern Irish 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.