David Triesman, Baron Triesman

The Right Honourable The Lord Triesman
Official portrait, 2020
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Intellectual Property and Quality
In office 29 June 2007 – 25 January 2008
Prime Minister	Gordon Brown
Preceded by	Bill Rammell
Succeeded by	David Lammy
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
In office 10 May 2005 – 28 June 2007
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Chris Mullin
Succeeded by	Meg Munn
General Secretary of the Labour Party
In office 24 July 2001 – 16 December 2003
Leader	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Margaret McDonagh
Succeeded by	Matt Carter
General Secretary of the Association of University Teachers
In office 1993–2001
Preceded by	Diana Warwick
Succeeded by	Sally Hunt
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 January 2004 Life Peerage
Personal details
Born	David Maxim Triesman (1943-10-30) 30 October 1943 (age 81) Hitchin, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Political party	Labour Party (1959-1970, 1976-2019, 2020-present)
Other political affiliations	Independent (2019-20) Communist Party of Great Britain (1970-1976)
Spouse	Lucy Hooberman
Children	1 daughter
Alma mater	University of Essex, King's College, Cambridge
Occupation	Academic, trade unionist, Merchant Banker, Politician
Profession	Economist
Awards	Hon Doctorates, etc: University of Northamptonshire, London South Bank University, University of Essex, Icebreaker Award for China-UK Relations

David Maxim Triesman, Baron Triesman (born 30 October 1943) is a British politician, merchant banker and former trade union leader.

Triesman is a Labour member of the House of Lords. Triesman previously sat as a Labour peer until resigning the whip in July 2019,^[1] then having previously been a minister in the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills and Foreign and Commonwealth Office. He sat non-affiliated in the House of Lords until 2020 when he rejoined Labour. He was chairman of the Football Association from 2008 to 2010.