The Rt Hon Peter Mandelson
2nd European Commissioner for Trade
In office 22 November 2004 – present
Preceded by	Pascal Lamy
Succeeded by	Incumbent
Born	October 12, 1953 (1953-10-12) (age 53) London
Political party	Labour

Peter Benjamin Mandelson (born 21 October 1953) is the current British Commissioner of the European Union for Trade. Before taking this post, he was a British Labour politician, and served as Member of Parliament for Hartlepool for twelve years. He is widely regarded as one of the main architects of the modern Labour Party and its rebranding as "New Labour". He was twice sacked as a cabinet minister in Tony Blair's government. Before Labour came to power, he was author (with Roger Liddle) of The Blair Revolution (1996); more recently he contributed to the book The City in Europe and the World (2005). Download high resolution version (842x558, 64 KB)Peter Mandelson, British politician and European Commissioner for Trade. ... The Commissioner for Trade is the member of the European Commission responsible for the European Unions external trade policy. ... November 22 is the 326th day (327th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pascal Lamy Pascal Lamy (born 8 April 1947) is the director-general of the World Trade Organization, a French political advisor, a businessman, and a former European Commissioner for Trade. ... The incumbent, in politics, is the current holder of a political office. ... October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England_(bordered). ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in England, Scotland and Wales. ... October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 71 days remaining. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive of the European Union. ... The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in England, Scotland and Wales. ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Creation 1868 MP Iain Wright Party Labour Type House of Commons County County Durham EP constituency North East England Hartlepool is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... New Labour is an alternative name of the British political Labour Party. ... In the Politics of the United Kingdom, the Cabinet is a formal body comprised of government officials chosen by the Prime Minister. ... For other people of the same name, see Tony Blair (disambiguation) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born May 6, 1953)[1] is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the Labour Party, and Member of Parliament for the constituency... ISBN 0954744810 A collection of essays about the relationship between the City of Londons financial markets, party politics, globalisation and European Integration. ...

Early life

Mandelson was born in London in 1953, where his father was the advertising manager at the Jewish Chronicle. On his mother's side, he is the grandson of Herbert Morrison, the London County Council leader and Labour cabinet minister. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The Jewish Telegraph is a Jewish Newspaper in Britain. ... Herbert Morrison For others named Herbert Morrison, see Herbert Morrison (disambiguation). ... London County Council emblem is still seen today on buildings, especially housing, from that era London County Council (LCC) was the principal local government body for the County of London from 1889 until 1965, when it was replaced by the Greater London Council. ...

He was educated at Hendon County Grammar School where he realised he was gay. In his youth, he briefly rebelled against his family's Labour tradition and in 1971 left the Labour Party Young Socialists (LPYS) to join the Young Communist League, then the youth wing of the Communist Party of Great Britain. This move was partly a result of disagreements with the Trotskyist Militant tendency that had just won a majority in the LPYS nationally. He read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at St Catherine's College, Oxford University (1973-1976) and, after returning to the Labour party, became director of the British Youth Council in the late 1970s. He was elected to Lambeth Borough Council in September 1979, but retired in 1982, disillusioned with the state of Labour politics. The Young Communist League was or is the name used by the youth wing of various Communist parties around the world such as the Young Communist League in Britain and the Young Communist League, USA. In the Soviet Union the youth organization under control of the Communist Party of the... The Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) was the largest communist party in the United Kingdom. ... Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. ... It has been suggested that Militant (Britain) be merged into this article or section. ... Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) is a popular interdisciplinary degree which combines study from the three eponymous disciplines. ... Full name St Catherines College Motto Nova et Vetera The New and the Old Named after Previous names St. ... The British Youth Council (BYC) promotes the active citizenship of young people, working with them to develop their skills and abilities to participate in decision-making and controlling recourses, encouraging them to work together to take collective action. ... Lambeth is a place in the London Borough of Lambeth. ... For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He worked as a television producer with London Weekend Television on Weekend World, where he formed a durable friendship with John Birt, then LWT's Director of Programmes, before his appointment as the Labour Party's Director of Communications in 1985. In this role he was one of the first people in Britain to whom the term "spin doctor" was applied; during this period he acquired the nickname "The Prince of Darkness" (originally coined in the satirical magazine Private Eye). In 1986 he ran the campaign at the Fulham by-election that saw Labour defeat the Conservative Party. He managed Labour's widely admired but electorally unsuccessful 1987 general election campaign. During this campaign, the News of the World published a story about his private life based on the revelations of a former lover. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... John Birt, Baron Birt (born 10 December 1944), served as the Director-General of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) from 1992 to 2000, having previously been deputy director-general since 1987. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... // A nickname is a short, clever, cute, derogatory, or otherwise substitute name for a person or things proper name (for example, Bob, Rob, Robbie, Robin, and Bert are possible nicknames for Robert). ... The Devil is the name given to a supernatural entity who, in most Western religions, is the central embodiment of evil. ... 1867 edition of the satirical magazine Punch, a British satirical magazine, ground-breaking on popular literature satire. ... Private eye may mean: Look up Private eye on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Private Eye a fortnightly British satirical magazine-newspaper, edited by Ian Hislop (as of 2005) A private investigator, a private detective for hire (see also crime fiction and detective fiction) Private Eye, a song by Alkaline Trio... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the place in Adelaide, South Australia see Fulham, South Australia Fulham is an area of London in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, located 3. ... A by-election or bye-election is a special election held to fill a political office when the incumbent has died or resigned. ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), the largest in terms of public membership, and is the second oldest extant political party in the world. ... Margaret Thatcher David Steel Election 1987 Titles The United Kingdom general election of 1987 was held on 11 June 1987 and was the third consecutive victory for the Conservative Party under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher. ... The News of the World is a British tabloid newspaper published every Sunday. ...

He left the job in 1990, when he was selected as Labour candidate for the safe seat of Hartlepool. He was elected to the House of Commons at the 1992 general election. Although many commentators regarded the industrial northern town of Hartlepool as an unlikely place for the metropolitan and urbane Mandelson to represent, he came to enjoy his time there and built up a rapport with the town. MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... Location of Hartlepool constituency Hartlepool is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons. ... The House of Commons is a component of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also includes the Sovereign and the House of Lords. ... The United Kingdom general election of 1992 was held on 9 April 1992. ... Hartlepool is a town and North Sea port in North East England. ...

An apocryphal urban legend in the Labour Party says that Mandelson, visiting a fish and chip shop in his new constituency, saw the mushy peas and asked the proprietor about the "guacamole dip". However, the story has been traced to a question asked by an American trainee at the Knowsley North by-election of 1986, ^[1] and Neil Kinnock has admitted to being one of the people who applied it to Mandelson as a joke. A related story, reflecting claims that he was unpopular in the party, is that he once asked Gordon Brown for 10p to phone a friend. Brown told him: "Have 20p, then you can phone them both."[1] (The same story has been told about Herbert Hoover asking Andrew Mellon for a nickel and David Lloyd George asking Winston Churchill for sixpence.) An urban legend or urban myth is a kind of modern folklore consisting of stories often thought to be factual by those circulating them. ... Guacamole // Guacamole is an avocado-based relish or dip from the time of the Aztecs. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Neil Gordon Kinnock, Baron Kinnock, PC (born 28 March 1942) is a British politician. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Herbert Clark Hoover, (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964), the 31st President of the United States (1929–1933), was a world-famous mining engineer and humanitarian administrator. ... Mellon portrait Andrew William Mellon (March 24, 1855–August 27, 1937) was an American banker, industrialist, philanthropist, and Secretary of the Treasury from March 4, 1921 until February 12, 1932. ... David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor, OM, PC (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was a British statesman who guided Britain and the British Empire through World War I and the postwar settlement as the Liberal Party Prime Minister, 1916-1922. ... Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC (Can) (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and author. ...

Work with Tony Blair

He made several notable speeches in which his strong support for the European Union was outlined. He was close to two Shadow Cabinet members, Gordon Brown and Tony Blair, both of whom were regarded as potential leaders. After Smith's sudden death in 1994, Mandelson decided to back Blair for the leadership and played a leading but initially secret role in the leadership campaign. This created lasting antagonism between Mandelson and Brown, who felt he had been betrayed. The Shadow Cabinet (also called the Shadow Front Bench) is a senior group of opposition spokespeople in the Westminster system of government who together under the leadership of the Leader of the Opposition (or the leader of other smaller opposition parties) form an alternative cabinet to the governments, whose... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...

Mandelson became a close ally and trusted adviser to Blair. He was a natural choice to be Labour's election campaign director for the 1997 general election, which Labour won by a landslide. After the election, Blair appointed him as a Minister without Portfolio in the Cabinet Office, where his job was to co-ordinate within government. A few months later, he also acquired responsibility for the Millennium Dome, after Blair decided to go ahead with the project despite the opposition of most of the Cabinet (including the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport who had been running it). The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. ... A Minister without Portfolio is a government minister with no specific responsibilities. ... The Cabinet Office is a department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for supporting the Prime Minister and Cabinet in progressing matters that require coordination across Government departments. ... The O2 redirects here. ... The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport is a UK cabinet position with responsibility for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. ...

Cabinet post

In 1998 Mandelson joined the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Trade and Industry. In his brief tenure of the post he gained the respect of the trade unions for consulting with them. During his few months in the job, he was the centre of a great deal of media attention when Matthew Parris (openly gay former MP and then Parliamentary sketchwriter of The Times) mentioned during a live interview on Newsnight, in the wake of the resignation of Ron Davies, that "Peter Mandelson is certainly gay". Mandelson's homosexuality had been well-known but not widely publicised except on the front pages of the Sunday People, and Mandelson had not wanted it discussed. After Parris's remarks, the press felt free to discuss his personal life (in particular his relationship with the Brazilian Reinaldo Avila da Silva) to a much greater extent. 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry is a cabinet position in the United Kingdom government. ... A trade union or labor union is a continuous association of wage-earners for the purpose of maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment. ... Matthew Parris (born August 7, 1949 in Johannesburg) is a journalist and former Conservative politician in the United Kingdom. ... Since its coinage, the word homosexuality has acquired multiple meanings. ... The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom since 1785, and under its current name since 1788. ... Newsnight is a British daily news analysis, current affairs and politics programme broadcast between 22:30 and 23:20 on weekdays on BBC Two. ... Ron Davies Ronald Davies (born 6 August 1946) is a Welsh politician, former Secretary of State for Wales, former Member of Parliament and former member of the Welsh Assembly. ... The Rt Hon. ...

Mandelson's reputation may have been harmed rather than helped by the initial decision by its political adviser, Anne Sloman, to ban any mention of his private life on the BBC. It was suggested that the Director General of the BBC at the time, John Birt, had had a direct hand in the ban. The popular BBC TV show Have I Got News For You refused to comply and discussed this matter in the public domain almost openly, for example Ian Hislop describing him as a "Home.....owner", which was picked up by Paul Merton, who replied, "What's wrong with gay people owning homes?"; and joking that they were forbidden to mention Mandelson's name or wear a pink shirt for the rest of the series. The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion... The Director-General is chief executive and editor-in-chief of the BBC. The position is appointed by Board of Governors of the BBC. Sir John Reith (1927-1938) Sir Frederick Ogilvie (1938-1942) Sir Cecil Graves and Robert W. Foot (joint Director-Generals, 1942-1943) Robert W. Foot (1942... John Birt, Baron Birt (born 10 December 1944), served as the Director-General of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) from 1992 to 2000, having previously been deputy director-general since 1987. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Hislop on the set of Have I Got News for You singing a Jimmy Somerville song Ian Hislop (born 13 July 1960) is the editor of British satirical magazine Private Eye, a team captain on the popular satirical current affairs quiz Have I Got News for You and a comedy... Paul Merton (born Paul Martin 9 July 1957[1]) is an English actor, deadpan comedian and writer, who is best known as a panellist on the BBC TV show Have I Got News for You and Radio 4s Just a Minute, as well as Channel 4s Whose Line...

First resignation

In December 1998 it was revealed that Mandelson had bought a home in Notting Hill in 1996 with the assistance of an interest-free loan of £373,000 from Geoffrey Robinson, a millionaire Labour MP who was also in the Government but was subject to an inquiry into his business dealings by Mandelson's department.^[2] Although Mandelson had deliberately not taken part in any decisions relating to Robinson, he knew he should have declared the loan as an interest, and he resigned on 23 December 1998.^[2] Mandelson had also not declared the loan to his building society although they decided not to take any action, with the CEO stating "I am satisfied that the information given to us at the time of the mortgage application was accurate."^[3] 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... For the film, see Notting Hill (film). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Geoffrey Robinson (born May 25, 1938 in Sheffield) has been a British Member of Parliament for Coventry North West, a safe Labour seat, since a by-election on 4 March 1976 caused by the death of former MP Maurice Edelman. ... December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (358th in leap years). ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... A building society is a financial institution, owned by its members, that offers banking and other financial services, especially mortgage lending. ...

Mandelson was out of government for ten months. In October 1999 he was appointed Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, replacing Mo Mowlam. In his very first speech in the post he made a gaffe by referring to himself as the "Secretary of State for Ireland."^[4] During his tenure he oversaw the creation of the devolved legislative assembly and power-sharing executive, and reform of the police service. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is the British cabinet minister who has responsibility for the government of Northern Ireland. ... The Right Honourable Marjorie Mo Mowlam (September 18, 1949 - August 19, 2005) was a British politician, former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and Labour MP. Her personal charisma, reputation for plain speaking and successful fight against a brain tumour led her to be perceived by many as one of... The logo of the Northern Ireland Assembly, a six flowered linen or flax plant. ... The Northern Ireland Executive as established by the Northern Ireland Act 1998 is the (currently suspended) executive body for Northern Ireland, answerable to the Northern Ireland Assembly. ... The Police Service of Northern Ireland (Irish: Seirbhís Póilíneachta Thuaisceart na hÉireann) is the police service that covers Northern Ireland. ...

Second resignation

In January 2001, it was claimed that Mandelson had phoned Home Office minister Mike O'Brien on behalf of Srichand Hinduja, an Indian businessman who was seeking British citizenship, and whose family firm was to become the main sponsor of the "Faith Zone" in the Millennium Dome. At the time, Hinduja and his brothers were under investigation by the Indian government for alleged involvement in the Bofors scandal. On 24 January 2001, Mandelson was sacked from the Government for a second time, insisting he had done nothing wrong. An independent enquiry by Sir Anthony Hammond came to the conclusion that neither Mandelson nor anyone else had acted improperly. The front page headline in one of the newspapers at the time read 'Passport to Oblivion'. 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The modern concept of Small Office and Home Office or SoHo , or Small or Home Office deals with the category of business which can be from 1 to 10 workers. ... Mike OBrien Michael OBrien (born 19 June 1954, a son of Irish Catholic immigrants) is a Labour politician in the United Kingdom. ... The Bofors Scandal was a major corruption scandal in India in the 1980s; the then Prime Minister Indhira Gandhi and several others were accused of receiving kickbacks from Bofors AB for winning a bid to supply Indias 155 mm field howitzer. ... January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

But the headline writers were somewhat premature. Mandelson was challenged by Arthur Scargill of the Socialist Labour Party and by another Left-winger at the 2001 general election, but was re-elected with a large majority. This prompted him to make an exuberant acceptance speech, which was televised live, in which he declared that "I am a fighter, not a quitter!" and referred to his "inner steel". Mandelson was much criticised for this speech which was regarded by opponents as inappropriate. Arthur Scargill (born January 11, 1938) was the leader of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) from 1981 to 2000 and is presently (2006) the leader of the Socialist Labour Party, a political party he founded in 1996. ... The Socialist Labour Party (SLP) is a small left-wing political party in the United Kingdom. ... Tony Blair William Hague Charles Kennedy The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ...

After the general election, Mandelson was chair of the Policy Network and the UK-Japan 21st Century Group, a columnist for GQ and president of Hartlepool United FC. Policy Network is an international think tank based in London devoted to progressive centre-left policy reform. ... GQ can refer to several things: Gentlemens Quarterly, a mens magazine The ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Equatorial Guinea GQ, a replacement Quake 1 game engine This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same... Hartlepool United Football Club are an English football team currently playing in League Two. ...

European Commission

Despite his exoneration by the Hammond Inquiry, Mandelson's reappointment to the Cabinet seemed politically difficult. He indicated his interest in becoming the United Kingdom's European Commissioner when the new Commission was established in 2004 (both of Britain's incumbents, Neil Kinnock and Chris Patten, were standing down). Appointment as a Commissioner would have required his resignation from Parliament and therefore a by-election in his constituency. While some were concerned that the seat would be difficult for the government to retain, Mandelson convinced his colleagues that Labour would perform well. Image File history File links Unbalanced_scales. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Neil Gordon Kinnock, Baron Kinnock, PC (born 28 March 1942) is a British politician. ... Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, CH, PC (born 12 May 1944) is a prominent British Conservative politician and a Patron of the Tory Reform Group. ... A by-election or bye-election is a special election held to fill a political office when the incumbent has died or resigned. ...

His appointment was announced in the summer and Mandelson resigned his seat through appointment as Steward of the Manor of Northstead on 8 September 2004. His predictions about the state of play in the Hartlepool by-election proved accurate as Labour kept the seat with a majority of more than 2,000. Members of Parliament of the House of Commons in the United Kingdom are technically forbidden to resign. ... September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Location of Hartlepool constituency On July 23, 2004, the Member of Parliament for Hartlepool, Peter Mandelson (Labour), was nominated as Britains new European Commissioner. ...

On 22 November 2004, Mandelson became Britain's European Commissioner for Trade. In April 2005, The Times revealed that Mandelson had spent New Year's Eve 2004 on the yacht of Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, which is at the centre of a major EU investigation, although it did not allege impropriety. November 22 is the 326th day (327th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive of the European Union. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom since 1785, and under its current name since 1788. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Paul Gardner Allen (born January 21, 1953 in Seattle, Washington) is an American entrepreneur who formed Microsoft with Bill Gates. ... Microsoft Corporation, (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKSE: 4338) is a multinational computer technology corporation with global annual revenue of US$44. ...

Mandelson played an important role in creating a dispute between the European Union and the People's Republic of China over textile imports in the summer of 2005, although it should be noted the solution, which involved tariffs and imports quotas, failed within its first two months (where textile retailers, knowing import limits were about to be introduced, had placed such large orders with Chinese producers that the entire annual import quota was exhausted in the first month of its operation and large volumes of orders were being held, indefinitely, in customs) and had to be re-renegotiated. The European Commission failed to anticipate this problem, which was compounded by its unwillingness to consult with retail stakeholders in advance of drawing up the Shanghai Agreement. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Recent controversies

In October 2006, Mandelson generated more controversy when asked what he thought of Jack Straw's remarks about Muslim women and the veil. Mandelson was overheard by a journalist to remark: "I have no doubt that Gordon Brown would agree with me that, for all his remarkable qualities, he would come over much better were he to agree to wear a veil. Gordon would be first to agree that he looks frankly pretty dreadful without his face covered up". ^[5] John Whitaker Straw (born August 3, 1946) is a British Labour Party politician. ... There is also a collection of Hadith called Sahih Muslim A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Persian: Mosalman or Mosalmon Urdu: مسلمان, Turkish: Müslüman, Albanian: Mysliman, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of the religion of Islam. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

In February 2007 Daily Express reported that as EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson “requested a luxury £80,000 Maserati as his official EU car”. The Express claims Louis Michel, the Belgian EU Commissioner, was the source of the story and that Jose Barroso, the President of the Commission, rejected the request saying EU taxpayers “would not understand” the justification behind an £80,000 car. ^[6] For other uses, see Daily Express (disambiguation). ... Louis Michel Louis Michel (born September 2, 1947) was until July 2004 the Belgian foreign minister. ... José Manuel Durão Barroso (born in Lisbon, March 23, 1956) is a Portuguese politician. ...

In March 2007 an interview made public by The Guardian revealed Mandelson to be critical of concessions Tony Blair made to Sinn Féin. ^[7] The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. ... For other people of the same name, see Tony Blair (disambiguation) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born May 6, 1953)[1] is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the Labour Party, and Member of Parliament for the constituency... Sinn Féin (pronounced in English, in Irish) is a name used by a series of Irish political movements of the 20th century, each of which claimed sole descent from the original party established by Arthur Griffith in 1905. ...

References

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Further reading

• Jones, Nicholas (2000). Sultans of Spin: The Media and the New Labour Government. Orion Books. ISBN 0-75282-769-3.
• Macintyre, Donald (1999). Mandelson: The Biography. Harper Collins. ISBN 0-00-255943-9.
• Mandelson, Peter (2002). The Blair Revolution Revisited. Politico's. ISBN 1-84275-039-9.
• Rawnsley, Andrew (2001). Servants of the People: The Inside Story of New Labour. Penguin Books. ISBN 0-140-27850-8.
• Routledge, Paul (1999). Mandy: The Unauthorised Biography of Peter Mandelson. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-684-85175-X.
• Seldon, Anthony (2005). Blair. The Free Press. ISBN 0-7432-3212-7.

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External links

• [2] Peter Mandelson's web page at europa.int
• [3] BBC profile of Peter Mandelson
• [4] Peter Mandelson named "protectionist of the month"
• [5] Recall Peter Mandelson
• [6] Annual Dinner of the British / Israel Chamber of Commerce