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Peter Benjamin Mandelson, Baron Mandelson, (born 21 October 1953), is a British Labour Party politician, lobbyist and diplomat.
From 1985 to 1990, Mandelson served as Labour's director of communications, becoming one of the first to whom the term "spin doctor" was applied and gained the nickname "Prince of Darkness" because of his "ruthlessness" and "media savvy".
Mandelson served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Hartlepool from 1992 to 2004. He held a number of Cabinet positions under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.
He served as First Secretary of State from 2009 to 2010, and was President of the Board of Trade in 1998 and from 2008 to 2010.
As the United Kingdom's member of the European Commission, Mandelson was European Commissioner for Trade from 2004 to 2008. He was appointed to the House of Lords as a life peer in 2008, later rejoining the Cabinet a third time as a life peer.
In November 2010, Mandelson founded Global Counsel, a corporate lobbying firm based in London. He personally helped clients such as Shein, Shell, Alibaba, TikTok, and the UK water industry obtain meetings with ministers and senior officials.
He has been criticized for being a member of the House of Lords while running a lobbying firm. In 2021, he was the only Labour peer to vote against an amendment denouncing genocide in Xinjiang .
Peter Mandelson has been described as having a "significant influence" on the office of current Labour Party leader and prime minister Keir Starmer as a "core part" of his political network.
In December 2024, prime minister Keir Starmer nominated Mandelson to be the UK ambassador to the United States.
From 1985 to 1990, Mandelson served as Labour's director of communications, becoming one of the first to whom the term "spin doctor" was applied and gained the nickname "Prince of Darkness" because of his "ruthlessness" and "media savvy".
Mandelson served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Hartlepool from 1992 to 2004. He held a number of Cabinet positions under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.
He served as First Secretary of State from 2009 to 2010, and was President of the Board of Trade in 1998 and from 2008 to 2010.
As the United Kingdom's member of the European Commission, Mandelson was European Commissioner for Trade from 2004 to 2008. He was appointed to the House of Lords as a life peer in 2008, later rejoining the Cabinet a third time as a life peer.
In November 2010, Mandelson founded Global Counsel, a corporate lobbying firm based in London. He personally helped clients such as Shein, Shell, Alibaba, TikTok, and the UK water industry obtain meetings with ministers and senior officials.
He has been criticized for being a member of the House of Lords while running a lobbying firm. In 2021, he was the only Labour peer to vote against an amendment denouncing genocide in Xinjiang .
Peter Mandelson has been described as having a "significant influence" on the office of current Labour Party leader and prime minister Keir Starmer as a "core part" of his political network.
In December 2024, prime minister Keir Starmer nominated Mandelson to be the UK ambassador to the United States.