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William Brian Jordan, Baron Jordan, (born 28 January 1936), known as Bill Jordan, is a British economist and
from 1988 to 1998.
Jordan was appointed a Commander of the
William Brian Jordan, Baron Jordan, (born 28 January 1936), known as Bill Jordan, is a British economist and Labour
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politician.
The son of Walter and Alice Jordan, he was educated at the Barford Road Secondary Modern School in Birmingham
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.
Jordan was President of the Amalgamated Engineering Union
The Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU) was a major United Kingdom, British trade union. It merged with the Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union to form the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union in 1992.
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(AEU), and then its successor, the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union
The Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union (AEEU) was a British trade union. It merged with the MSF to form Amicus in 2001.
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(AEEU), from 1986 to 1994. During the same time, he was a member of the Trades Union Congress
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(TUC) General Council. In 1995, he became General Secretary
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of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
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(ICFTU), a post he held until 2002.
He was also a long-serving Governor of the London School of Economics
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from 1987 to 2002, and of the BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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...Order of the British Empire
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established ...
(CBE) in the 1992 New Year Honours
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, and was created a life peer
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with the title Baron Jordan, of Bournville
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in the County of West Midlands, on 5 June 2000.
Since 1958, Lord Jordan has been married to Jean Ann Livesey; they have three daughters, nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
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* 1936 births Commanders of the Order of the British Empire General Secretaries of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions Labour Party (UK) life peers Living people Members of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress Presidents of the Amalgamated Engineering Union Presidents of the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union Life peers created by Elizabeth II {{UK-trade-unionist-bio-stub