Editing John Thomas Alderdice, Baron Alderdice
Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
The edit can be undone.
Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then save the changes below to finish undoing the edit.
| Latest revision | Your text | ||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | John Thomas Alderdice, Baron Alderdice was born on | + | John Thomas Alderdice, Baron Alderdice was born on 28 March 1955. He is a is a Northern Ireland politician. Since 1996 has sat in the House of Lords as a Liberal Democrat. |
| + | |||
== Political career == | == Political career == | ||
| − | He was created a life peer in 1996 as Baron Alderdice, of Knock in the City of Belfast. In 2010, he was elected to the new position of | + | He was created a life peer in 1996 as Baron Alderdice, of Knock in the City of Belfast. In 2010, he was elected to the new position of Convenor of the Liberal Democrat Peers, a role in which he chairs the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Party in the House of Lords. He was elected President of Liberal International in 2005 and served until Liberal International's Cairo congress in 2009. |
| − | He was also Chairman and Director | + | He was also Chairman and Director, Centre for Democracy and Peace Building. He was President of ARTIS (Europe) Ltd (research and risk modelling, including psychology of terrorism and political violence; notional remuneration). |
| + | |||
== Education == | == Education == | ||
He studied at Ballymena Academy and the Queen's University of Belfast. He is a psychiatrist. | He studied at Ballymena Academy and the Queen's University of Belfast. He is a psychiatrist. | ||
| + | |||
== External references and links == | == External references and links == | ||
[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-alderdice/3478 biography] | [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-alderdice/3478 biography] | ||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
