David Trimble biography

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David Trimble is a politician who served as first minister of the Northern Ireland Assembly (1998–2002), as leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP; 1995–2005), and as a member of the British Parliament (1990–2005). In 1998, Trimble and John Hume, leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, were awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace for their role in the Good Friday Agreement with Sinn Fein.