List of Northern Ireland Executives
This is a list of all Northern Ireland Assemblies and the Northern Ireland Executives established under the Good Friday Agreement, from the election of the first Assembly in 1998 and the restoration of devolved government for Northern Ireland in 1999.
List
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| Term | Executive | First Minister | Deputy | Parties (Ministries) | |||
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| 1998–2002 | 1st | David Trimble | Seamus Mallon | UUP (4) | |||
| SDLP (4) | |||||||
| Mark Durkan | DUP (2) | ||||||
| SF (2) | |||||||
| Term | Executive | First Minister | Deputy | Parties (Ministries) | |||
| 2003–2007 | Suspended | vacant | vacant | none | |||
| Term | Executive | First Minister | Deputy | Parties (Ministries) | |||
| 2007–2011 | 2nd | Ian Paisley | Martin McGuinness | DUP (5) | |||
| SF (4) | |||||||
| Peter Robinson | UUP (2) | ||||||
| SDLP (1) | |||||||
| APNI (1) | |||||||
| Term | Executive | First Minister | Deputy | Parties (Ministries) | |||
| 2011–2016 | 3rd | Peter Robinson[1] | Martin McGuinness[1] | DUP (5 until 2015, 6 from 2015)[nb 1] | |||
| SF (4) | |||||||
| APNI (2) | |||||||
| SDLP (1) | |||||||
| Arlene Foster | UUP (1 until 2015)[nb 1] | ||||||
| Term | Executive | First Minister | Deputy | Parties (Ministries) | |||
| 2016–2017 | 4th | Arlene Foster | Martin McGuinness | DUP (5) | |||
| SF (4) | |||||||
| Independent (1)[nb 2] | |||||||
| Term | Executive | First Minister | Deputy | Parties (Ministries) | |||
| 2020[nb 3]–2022 | 5th | Arlene Foster | Michelle O'Neill | DUP (4) | |||
| SF (3) | |||||||
| SDLP (1) | |||||||
| Paul Givan | UUP (1) | ||||||
| APNI (1)[nb 4] | |||||||
| Term | Executive | First Minister | Deputy | Parties (Ministries) | |||
| 2024–present | 6th | Michelle O'Neill | Emma Little-Pengelly | SF (4) | |||
| DUP (3) | |||||||
| APNI (2)[nb 4] | |||||||
| UUP (1) | |||||||
See also
Notes
- 1 2 The UUP served in the Third Executive from 2011–2015, occupying one seat. The party withdrew from the Executive in October 2015, with the DUP taking over their vacant seat.
- ↑ The Minister of Justice is not allocated through the D'Hondt mechanism because it is a contentious position. It was offered to Claire Sugden, an independent politician, who accepted the role and she was elected on a cross-community vote in the Northern Ireland Assembly. All other positions in the Executive are allocated through the D'Hondt mechanism.
- ↑ While MLAs were elected in 2017, the Executive was not established until 2020 due to disagreements between parties in the aftermath of the Renewable Heat Incentive scandal.
- 1 2 The Minister of Justice is not allocated through the D'Hondt mechanism because it is a contentious position. It was offered to Naomi Long, the leader of the Alliance Party, who accepted the role and she was elected on a cross-community vote in the Northern Ireland Assembly. All other positions in the Executive are allocated through the D'Hondt mechanism.
References
- 1 2 "Robinson, McGuinness re-appointed to NI posts". RTÉ. 12 May 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
