Peter Mandelson
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About
British Labour Party politician who was a Member of Parliament and has served in a number of Cabinet positions. He was the First Secretary of State from 2009 to 2010 under Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Before Fame
As Chair of the British Youth Council, he was a delegate to the Soviet-organised World Festival of Youth and Students in Havana, Cuba in 1978.
Trivia
He was the first openly gay man to hold the position of European Commissioner for Trade, when he took the position in 2004.
Family Life
His Brazilian-born partner, Reinaldo Avila da Silva, became a naturalized British citizen in 2005.
Associated With
He was made a life peer by Gordon Brown in 2008.
