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Michelle O'Neill (née Doris; born 10 January 1977) [1] is an Irish politician who has been First Minister of Northern Ireland since February 2024 and Vice President of Sinn Féin since 2018. [2] She has also been the MLA for Mid Ulster in the Northern Ireland Assembly since 2007.
Northern Ireland Assembly Northern Ireland Executive British–Irish Council PM and Heads of Devolved Governments Council Council of the Nations and Regions: Nominator: Largest political party in each of the two largest community designations within the Northern Ireland Assembly: Precursor: Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (1921–1972)
Little-Pengelly ran in the 2016 Assembly Election in the South Belfast constituency and was elected. [17] She lost her seat at the 2017 Northern Ireland Assembly election, as the total number of seats in Belfast South was reduced from 6 to 5, trailing her running mate Christopher Stalford by 15 votes at the time of her elimination. [18]
The 6th Executive of Northern Ireland was appointed on 3 February 2024, following the 2022 election to the seventh Northern Ireland Assembly held on 5 May 2022 and the protracted negotiations leading up to the 2024 Northern Ireland Executive formation. The newly elected assembly met for the first time on 13 May 2022. [1]
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.
Malachai O'Hara (born 28 July 1979) is a Northern Irish politician, activist and community worker who has been the leader of the Green Party Northern Ireland since August 2022, having previously served as deputy leader from 2019 to 2022. [2] O'Hara was a Belfast City Councillor for the Castle electoral area from 2019, [3] until 2023. [4]
In 2003 Long was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly for Belfast East, [9] succeeding her fellow party member John Alderdice. In 2006 she was named deputy leader of her party. [ 9 ] In 2007 she more than doubled the party's vote in the constituency, being placed second ahead of the leader of the Ulster Unionist Party .