Mary Bousted

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Dr Mary Bousted
Bousted at a Policy Exchange event in 2013
Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union
In office 1 September 2017 (2017-09-01) – 31 August 2023 (2023-08-31) Co-leading with Kevin Courtney
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Daniel Kebede
President of the Trades Union Congress
In office 2016 (2016)–2017 (2017)
Preceded by	Liz Snape
Succeeded by	Sally Hunt
General Secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers
In office 2003 (2003) – 1 September 2017 (2017-09-01)
Preceded by	Peter Smith
Succeeded by	Association merged with the NUT
Personal details
Born	Mary Winefride Bleasdale (1959-09-15) 15 September 1959 (age 64) Bolton, Lancashire, England
Education	St Osmund's RC Primary School Mount St Joseph School
Alma mater	University of Hull (B.A.) Collingwood College, Durham (PGCE) UCL Institute of Education (M.A.) University of York (PhD)
Occupation	Union leader, former teacher and university lecturer

Mary Winefride Bousted (née Bleasdale; born 15 September 1959) is a British trade unionist who was the former Joint General-Secretary of the National Education Union (NEU) alongside Kevin Courtney. Bousted was previously General Secretary of the teachers' union, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) prior to its amalgamation with the National Union of Teachers, forming the NEU.