Leif Mills

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Leif Anthony Mills

CBE (25 March 1936 – 17 December 2020) was a British trade unionist
.

Mills was educated at

Banking Insurance and Finance Union - BIFU), becoming Assistant General Secretary in 1962, then Deputy General Secretary in 1968, and finally General Secretary in 1972, serving until 1996.[2]

Mills stood unsuccessfully for the

In 1999, Mills published a biography of Frank Wild, while his Men of Ice appeared in 2008.[2]

He was appointed CBE in the 1995 Birthday Honours.

He died on 17 December 2020 at the age of 84,[3] and was an active member and benefactor of Weybridge Rowing Club, before which Oxford University Boat Club.[4] He also subscribed to the Oxford and Cambridge Club.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Barrie Clement, "Balliol man climbs to top of union tree", The Independent, 10 September 1994
  2. ^ a b c Leif Mills, Esq, CBE Authorised Biography Archived 2012-03-23 at the Wayback Machine, Debretts
  3. ^ Mills
  4. ^ a b "Mills, Leif Anthony", (25 March 1936 – 17 Dec. 2020), General Secretary, Banking, Insurance and Finance Union (formerly National Union of Bank Employees), 1972–96; Chairman, Covent Garden Market Authority, 1998–2005." WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 1 Dec. 2007; Accessed 4 Mar. 2022. https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-27587.
Trade union offices
Preceded by
Alfred Brooks
General Secretary of the
Banking Insurance and Finance Union

1972–1996
Succeeded by
Preceded by President of the Trades Union Congress
1995
Succeeded by