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Northern Irish Nobel Peace Prize Winner David Trimble passes away

Former Northern Irish first minister David Trimble, a pro-British leader who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998.

Sumit Arora Last updated on July 28th, 2022 06:02 pm Leave a comment

Former Northern Irish first minister David Trimble, a pro-British leader who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998 for his role as a key architect in ending three decades of bloodshed in the region, has passed away at the age of 77. Trimble and John Hume, former leaders of the Catholic Social Democratic and Labour Party, jointly received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998 for their roles in helping end the sectarian violence that claimed some 3,600 lives.

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