Frances O'Grady, Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway
Frances Lorraine Maria O'Grady, Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway (born 9 November 1959), is a British former trade unionist leader, who served as the General Secretary of the British Trades Union Congress (TUC) from 2013 to 2022, being the first woman to hold the position. After O'Grady presented her resignation in 2022, Paul Nowak was selected to succeed her; he took up the post on 29 December 2022. O'Grady sits as a life peer in the House of Lords.
The Right Honourable The Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway | |
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Official portrait, 2023 | |
| General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress | |
| In office January 2013 – 29 December 2022 | |
| Deputy | Paul Nowak |
| Preceded by | Brendan Barber |
| Succeeded by | Paul Nowak |
| Deputy General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress | |
| In office January 2003 – January 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Brendan Barber |
| Succeeded by | Paul Nowak (2016) |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 9 December 2022 Life peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Frances Lorraine Maria O'Grady 9 November 1959 Oxford, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Education | |
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