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Eastwood will formally resign at the party's conference on 5 October 2024 to allow a new leader to be elected. Nominations for the leadership opened on 30 August with only Member of Parliament (MP) for Belfast South and Mid Down Claire Hanna and the party's eight Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) eligible to put their names forward over the following seven days.
A list of Northern Ireland government departments, their agencies and their ministers and related organisations. The devolved government of Northern Ireland (the Northern Ireland Executive) is responsible for most public services in the region but some services are also provided by the United Kingdom Government and cross-border bodies under the North/South Ministerial Council.
Following a referendum on the Belfast Agreement on 23 May 1998 and the granting of royal assent to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 on 19 November 1998, a Northern Ireland Assembly and Northern Ireland Executive were established by the United Kingdom Government under Prime Minister Tony Blair. The Department of Economic Development was renamed as ...
A Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Upper Bann, Jonathan Buckley, also ran for the position. [25] [26] After a vote of the party's MPs and MLAs, Robinson was announced as the new deputy leader on 9 June 2023. [27] [28] Following his election, he said: "I am honoured that I have been elected to serve as Deputy Leader. I look ...
Matthew John O'Toole MLA (born 18 May 1983) [1] is an Irish nationalist politician, former civil servant, and journalist, serving as leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) in the Northern Ireland Assembly and leader of the opposition since 2022, and a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Belfast South since 2020.
On 3 February 2024, the Northern Ireland Assembly met to elect a new Speaker, with Edwin Poots, a former leader of the DUP, chosen to be the Assembly's 7th Speaker. [67] Sinn Féin 's Michelle O'Neill was nominated as First Minister , becoming the first nationalist politician to hold the post, while the DUP's Emma Little-Pengelly was appointed ...
Belfast City Council (Irish: Comhairle Cathrach Bhéal Feirste) is the local authority with responsibility for part of Belfast, the largest city of Northern Ireland. The council serves an estimated population of 348,005 (2022), [ 1 ] the largest of any district council in Northern Ireland, while being the smallest by area.
First Minister of Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland Government Elections Name (Birth–Death) Constituency Portrait Term of office Name (Birth–Death) Constituency Portrait Term of office David Trimble (1944–2022) Upper Bann: 1 July 1998 1 July 2001 Seamus Mallon (1936–2020) Newry and Armagh: 1 July 1998 6 November ...