Michelle McIlveen
Michelle McIlveen | |
|---|---|
 McIlveen in 2021 | |
| Minister for Education | |
| Assumed office 14 June 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Peter Weir |
| Minister of Agriculture, Environment, and Rural Affairs | |
| In office 6 May 2016 – 26 January 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Michelle O'Neill |
| Succeeded by | Edwin Poots |
| Minister for Regional Development | |
| In office 21 September 2015[note 1] – 6 May 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Danny Kennedy |
| Succeeded by | Chris Hazzard |
| Junior Minister at the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister | |
| In office 11 May 2015 – 28 October 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Jonathan Bell |
| Succeeded by | Emma Little-Pengelly |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly for Strangford | |
| Assumed office 7 March 2007 | |
| Preceded by | John Taylor |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 January 1971 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Alma mater | Queen's University, Belfast |
| Profession | Politician |
| Cabinet | Education Minister |
Michelle McIlveen MLA (born 21 January 1971) is a unionist politician from Northern Ireland. She was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly as a Democratic Unionist Party member for Strangford in 2007. She has been the Minister for Education since June 2021 and General Secretary of the DUP since 2008.
Political career[]
McIlveen was first elected as a councillor to Ards Borough Council in 2005. She then became an MLA for Strangford in 2007, a seat she has held since. Her constituency office is in Comber.
McIlveen became the Junior Minister in the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister on 11 May 2015 until 28 October 2015.
She became the Minister for Regional Development on 21 September 2015. This post had been held by the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) minister Danny Kennedy until his party withdrew from the Northern Ireland Executive, and under the D'Hondt method the department was transferred to the DUP.[1] McIlveen was appointed as minister for this department, with Emma Little-Pengelly replacing her as Junior Minister.
McIlveen then served as the Minister of Agriculture, Environment, and Rural Affairs from 2016 until the collapse of the Northern Ireland Executive in January 2017.
On 14 June 2021, McIlveen, a former teacher, was appointed as the Minister for Education by the DUP leader Edwin Poots.[2] She remained in the post under Sir Jeffrey Donaldson's leadership.[3]
Notes[]
- ^ Resigned on 21 September 2015, re-entered office on 23 Sept. till 24 Sept., then 30 Sept.-1 Oct. 2015. Following 20 October she permanently occupies the office
References[]
- ^ Kevin McGuigan murder: Provisional IRA still exists, says PSNI chief; accessed 14 May 2016.
- ^ "Ministerial Appointments: Mr Frew and Miss McIlveen". They Work For You. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
- ^ DUP profile, dup.org.uk; accessed 14 May 2016.
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