1. Peter 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.
Peter Mandelson was the European Commissioner for Trade from 2004 to 2008 and Member of Parliament for Hartlepool from 1992 to 2004, before being elevated to the House of Lords as a Life Peer in 2008.
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.
Peter Mandelson was born at Hendon, Middlesex, on 21 October 1953, the younger son of the Hon.
On his mother's side, Peter Mandelson is a grandson of Herbert Morrison, London County Council leader and a Cabinet Minister in the Attlee government.
Peter Mandelson attended the Garden Suburb School, and from 1965 to 1972 Hendon County Grammar School.
Peter Mandelson was educated at the University of Oxford as an undergraduate of St Catherine's College, Oxford, where he read philosophy, politics and economics ; his tutors included Nicholas Stern.
Peter Mandelson was elected to Lambeth Borough Council in 1979 but stood down in 1982, disillusioned with the state of Labour politics.
Peter Mandelson then worked from 1982 to 1985 as a television producer at London Weekend Television on Weekend World, where he formed a friendship with his superior John Birt.
Peter Mandelson ran the campaign at the 1986 Fulham by-election where Labour defeated the Conservative Party.
Peter Mandelson ceased being a Labour Party official in 1990 when he was selected as Labour candidate for the constituency of Hartlepool, which was then considered a safe seat.
Peter Mandelson was first elected to the House of Commons at the 1992 general election, and made several speeches outlining his strong support for the European Union.
In 1994, Kate Garvey suggested that Peter Mandelson, should adopt a nom de guerre throughout Blair's leadership bid, so that he might conceal his considerable role within the campaign team.
Peter Mandelson agreed to be called "Bobby" for the duration and was thanked by Blair using this pseudonym in his victory speech.
Peter Mandelson was appointed as a Minister without Portfolio in the Cabinet Office, where his job was to co-ordinate within government.
In June 2000, in what was seen as a reference to the close interest in the Dome from Peter Mandelson, known at the time as so-called "Dome Secretary" and his successor Lord Falconer of Thoroton, Page told the House of Commons Select Committee for Culture and Heritage: "I made several attempts to persuade ministers that standing back from the Dome would be good for them as well as good for the Dome".
In July 1998, Peter Mandelson was appointed to the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and was sworn of the Privy Council; he launched the Millennium Bug And Electronic Commerce Bill and a Competitiveness White paper, which he described, as 'bold, far reaching and absolutely necessary'.
Peter Mandelson appointed a "Net Tsar" to lead the UK in what he termed the "new industrial revolution".
Peter Mandelson contended that he had deliberately not taken part in any decisions relating to Robinson.
Peter Mandelson had not declared the loan in the Register of Members' Interests and resigned in December 1998.
Later, it emerged that while in the role, Peter Mandelson urged PM Blair to proceed with the rollout of the system which later metastasised into the Horizon IT scandal arguing that it was "only sensible choice".
On 24 January 2001, Peter Mandelson resigned from the Government for a second time, following accusations of using his position to influence a passport application.
Peter Mandelson had contacted Home Office Minister Mike O'Brien on behalf of Srichand Hinduja, an Indian businessman who was seeking British citizenship and whose family firm was to become the main sponsor of the "Faith Zone" in the Millennium Dome.
Peter Mandelson insisted he had done nothing wrong and was exonerated by an independent inquiry by Sir Anthony Hammond, which concluded that neither Peter Mandelson nor anyone else had acted improperly.
At the 2001 general election Peter Mandelson was challenged by Arthur Scargill of the Socialist Labour Party and by John Booth, a former Labour Party press officer standing as "Genuine Labour", but Peter Mandelson was re-elected with a large majority.
On 22 November 2004, Peter Mandelson became Britain's European Commissioner, taking the trade portfolio.
Peter Mandelson was a member of 35 of the 43 Cabinet committees and subcommittees.
The Independent reported that according to their Whitehall sources, Peter Mandelson was persuaded that tough laws were needed to reduce online copyright infringement following an intensive lobbying campaign by influential people in the music and film industry.
The Times reported after the Corfu meeting that an unnamed Whitehall source had confirmed that before this trip, Peter Mandelson had shown little personal interest in the Digital Britain agenda, which has been ongoing for several years.
Peter Mandelson made the formal announcement that technical measures, including disconnection, were to be included in the Digital Economy Bill two months later on 7 August 2009.
An opinion poll conducted by the centre-left think tank Compass found in March 2009 that Peter Mandelson was less disliked by Labour Party members than Deputy Leader Harriet Harman.
Blair's assertion in 1996, namely that "my project will be complete when the Labour Party learns to love Peter Mandelson", was seen as prophetic in late September 2009 when Mandelson was enthusiastically received at the party conference in Brighton.
Lord Peter Mandelson has been criticised for not revealing his clientele.
In 1999,2008,2009,2011,2012,2013, and 2014, Peter Mandelson was an invited guest of the Bilderberg Group and attended the annual conferences.
In January 2011, it was announced that Peter Mandelson would serve as a senior adviser to the advisory investment banking firm, Lazard.
In 2013, Lord Peter Mandelson joined the Board of Trustees of Deutsche Bank's Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft.
In May 2011 it was revealed that there was speculation that Peter Mandelson had been approached by China to be a candidate for the leadership of the International Monetary Fund, even though Peter Mandelson had not served as a finance minister or headed a central bank.
Peter Mandelson wished for an early general election to force Corbyn out.
Peter Mandelson described the result as "not undeserved", arguing that Corbyn's leadership was one of the main reasons for Labour's defeat.
Peter Mandelson proceeded to lobby governments around the world for the role, arguing that the WTO had "reached a fork in the road" and had to be "picked up and put back on its feet".
In 2021, it was reported that Peter Mandelson had been advising Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer on moving the party beyond Corbyn's leadership and broadening its electoral appeal.
Peter Mandelson is one of the stars of the weekly podcast How To Win An Election from The Times, presented by Matt Chorley and alongside Polly Mackenzie and Danny Finkelstein.
In December 2024, Peter Mandelson was nominated as HM Ambassador to the United States.
In 2006, The Daily Mail reported that Peter Mandelson had received a free cruise on a yacht from Diego Della Valle, a controversial Italian mogul, raising questions as Della Valle's businesses benefited from tariffs imposed shortly thereafter by Peter Mandelson as EU Trade Commissioner on Chinese shoes.
Reports indicated that Peter Mandelson had been lent a private jet by Nat Rothschild, who benefited from his decisions, while serving as Commissioner.
In 2008, Peter Mandelson was hospitalised, suffering from a kidney stone.
Ironically, during the previous week Peter Mandelson had drunk a glass of Chinese yoghurt in front of reporters in order to show his confidence in Chinese dairy products, although his own kidney stones were unrelated.
In October 2008 Peter Mandelson was reported to have maintained private contacts over several years with Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, most recently on holiday in August 2008 on Deripaska's yacht at Taverna Agni on the Greek island of Corfu.
News of the contacts sparked criticism because, as European Union Trade Commissioner, Peter Mandelson had been responsible for two decisions to cut aluminium tariffs that had benefited Deripaska's United Company Rusal.
Peter Mandelson denied that there had been a conflict of interest and insisted that he had never discussed aluminium tariffs with Deripaska.
Peter Mandelson said that meeting business figures from "across the range" in emerging economies was part of his brief as EU Trade Commissioner.
On 29 October 2008, while Peter Mandelson was on a ministerial visit to Moscow, it was alleged in the British press that Valery Pechenkin, the head of security at Deripaska's company Basic Element, had organised a swift entry visa for Peter Mandelson when he turned up in Moscow to visit Deripaska in 2005.
In June 2013, writing for the Progress website, Peter Mandelson warned Labour it risked harming its election chances if affiliated trade unions continued to "manipulate parliamentary selections" as was alleged in the 2013 Labour Party Falkirk candidate selection controversy.
Peter Mandelson has been criticised for being a member of the House of Lords while running a lobbying firm.
Peter Mandelson served, until 8 October 2008, as President of the Central School of Speech and Drama.
Peter Mandelson was replaced in this un-remunerated post by playwright Harold Pinter, who died two months later.
Lord Peter Mandelson served as Chancellor of Manchester Metropolitan University from 2016 to 2025.
Peter Mandelson is gay and said to be "intensely private" about his personal life.
Peter Mandelson considers himself a good role model for gay people because of his success in public office.
Peter Mandelson preferred to keep his personal life private and as such did not respond.
Peter Mandelson was outed again by Matthew Parris in 1998 on the BBC programme Newsnight.