Lord Mandelson was appointed Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform in October 2008.

He began his career working as an economist at the Trades Union Congress and as a current affairs TV producer before being appointed Labour Party Director for Campaigns and Communications in 1985.

In 1992 he was elected as member of parliament for the constituency of Hartlepool. He served until his appointment as EU Commissioner for Trade in 2004.

In 1998, as Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, he was responsible for the introduction of the National Minimum Wage and overseeing new measures to strengthen regional development. In 1999, as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, he negotiated the creation of Northern Ireland’s power sharing government and the IRA’s announcement that they planned to put their arms beyond use. He is honorary Chair of Policy Network and was UK chairman of the UK-Japan 21st Century Group.

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