William Brian Jordan, Baron Jordan, (born 28 January 1936), known as Bill Jordan, is a British economist and Labour politician. The son of Walter and Alice Jordan, he was educated at the

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. Jordan was President of the

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(AEU), and then its successor, the

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(AEEU), from 1986 to 1994. During the same time, he was a member of the

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(TUC) General Council. In 1995, he became

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of the

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(ICFTU), a post he held until 2002. He was also a long-serving Governor of the

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from 1987 to 2002, and of the BBC from 1988 to 1998. Jordan was appointed a Commander of the

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(CBE) in the

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, and was created a

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with the title Baron Jordan, of

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in the

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, 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