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Lord Triesman, former Labour minister and FA chair, dies aged 82

todayJanuary 31, 2026

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Former prime minister Tony Blair paid tribute to Triesman as a ‘vital part of the New Labour movement’

Lord Triesman, a former Labour minister and chair of the Football Association, has died at the age of 82. The Labour party said the peer died on Friday night “peacefully and at home”.

The former prime minister Tony Blair paid tribute to Triesman as a “vital part of the New Labour movement”. Labour’s leader in the House of Lords, Angela Smith, described him as “respected and loved by his colleagues for his courtesy, kindness, wisdom, loyalty and generosity of spirit”.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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