predecessor birth_name birth_place nationality party office birth_date term_start spouse article_title name partner
derek simpson tony woodley leonard david mccluskey liverpool , england british labour general secretary of unite 23 july 1950 1 january 2011 ann -lrb- ???? -1994 -rrb- div - 1xson len mccluskey
 len mccluskey jennie lace -lrb- ???? - present -rrb- formby -lrb- 1991 - ???? -rrb- 1xchild paula
len mccluskey

leonard david `` len '' mccluskey -lrb- born 23 july 1950 -rrb- is an english trade unionist who has been the general secretary of unite since 2011 .
he previously spent some years working on the liverpool docks prior to becoming a full-time union official .
