David Trimble, key architect of Good Friday Agreement, dies at 77
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By Peter Taggart, CNN Tributes are being paid following the death of Nobel Peace Prize winner David Trimble, an architect of the Good Friday agreement that largely ended three decades of conflict in Northern Ireland. He was 77.
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David Trimble, Northern Ireland's Nobel peace prize-winning former first minister, has died at the age of 77, his Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) said on Monday.
David Trimble, the Nobel peace prize-winning former first minister of Northern Ireland whose statecraft helped end decades of conflict, died Monday aged 77, his party announced.
Trimble won the Nobel Peace Prize for playing a key role in the 1998 Good Friday Agreement that ended three decades of violent conflict in Northern Ireland known as “The Troubles.”
Trimble was instrumental in ending 30 years of violence that killed more than 3,500 people in Northern Ireland. British PM Boris Johnson and Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin have led the tributes.
By Peter Taggart, CNN Tributes are being paid following the death of Nobel Peace Prize winner David Trimble, an architect of the Good Friday agreement that largely ended three decades of conflict in Northern Ireland. He was 77.
