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Peter Mandelson

1953 - Today

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Peter Benjamin Mandelson, Baron Mandelson, (born 21 October 1953) is a British politician, lobbyist and diplomat who has served as British Ambassador to the United States since February 2025. A member of the Labour Party, Mandelson served as Labour's director of communications from 1985 to 1990, becoming one of the first people to whom the term "spin doctor" was applied and being dubbed the "Prince of Darkness" because of his "ruthless" and "media savvy" reputation. Mandelson served as Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and President of the Board of Trade in 1998 and again from 2008 to 2010, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 1999 to 2001 as well as First Secretary of State and Lord President of the Council from 2009 to 2010. He was the European Commissioner for Trade from 2004 to 2008 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Hartlepool from 1992 to 2004, before being elevated to the House of Lords as a Life Peer in 2008. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Mandelson has received more than 2,371,080 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Peter Mandelson is the 17,184th most popular politician (down from 16,158th in 2019), the 5,524th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,429th in 2019) and the 618th most popular British Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Peter Mandelson ranks 17,184 out of 19,576. Before him are Sun Zhengcai, Elyes Fakhfakh, Hrant Bagratyan, António Vitorino, Daniela Santanchè, and Jaime Mayor Oreja. After him are Reema bint Bandar Al Saud, Alexander Borodai, Marina Kaljurand, Jane Irwin Harrison, Tom Carper, and Susi Pudjiastuti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Peter Mandelson ranks 551. Before him are Dominique Bona, Jimmy Iovine, Ian Mosley, Stephen Warbeck, Jeff Berlin, and Aurlus Mabélé. After him are Jasem Yaqoub, Arbana Xharra, Walter Novellino, Lionel Zinsou, Mazarópi, and Willy Rampf.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Mandelson ranks 5,524 out of 8,785. Before him are P. H. Newby (1918), Peter Hill-Wood (1936), Charles Lock Eastlake (1793), Hannah Murray (1989), Cuth Harrison (1906), and Richard Crashaw (1612). After him are Iwan Rheon (1985), Paul Dummett (1991), Michael Rosen (1946), Bill McGarry (1927), David Harewood (1965), and Henry Green (1905).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Peter Mandelson ranks 618. Before him are Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts (1814), George Lansbury (1859), William Fox (1812), Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (1845), Dru Drury (1725), and David Amess (1952). After him are Thomas Norton (1532), Abraham Beame (1906), Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey (1851), David Kelly (1944), Ben Wallace (1970), and Shashi Tharoor (1956).

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