Executive of the 3rd Northern Ireland Assembly | |
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2nd Executive of Northern Ireland | |
Date formed | 8 May 2007 |
Date dissolved | 16 May 2011 |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Elizabeth II |
Head of government | Ian Paisley (2007–08) Peter Robinson (2008–Jan. 10; Feb. 2010–11) Arlene Foster (Jan.–Feb. 2010) |
Deputy head of government | Martin McGuinness |
No. of ministers | 10 (2007–10) 11 (2010–11) |
Member party | DUP Sinn Féin UUP SDLP Alliance (2010–11) |
Status in legislature |
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History | |
Election | 2007 assembly election |
Legislature term | 3rd Assembly |
Predecessor | Executive of the 2nd Assembly (Direct rule) |
Successor | Executive of the 4th Assembly |
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The Second Executive (8 May 2007 – 16 May 2011) is as under the terms of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 a power sharing coalition.
Devolution was restored to Northern Ireland on 8 May 2007 following the St Andrews Agreement,[1] the March election saw the Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Féin emerge as the largest parties in the Assembly.[2]
Junior Minister in the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister | Ian Paisley Jr.[20][21] | 2007–08 | DUP | |
Jeffrey Donaldson[22][23] | 2008–09 | DUP | ||
Robin Newton[24][25] | 2009–11 | DUP | ||
Junior Minister in the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister | Gerry Kelly[6][26] | 2007–11 | Sinn Féin |
Next Tuesday, May 8, power in Northern Ireland will be handed over from direct rule to Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness, the first and deputy first ministers in the new administration.
Michelle Gildernew, the Fermanagh and South Tyrone MP, will take Agriculture while Gerry Kelly, a former prison escapee who was convicted for the 1973 Old Bailey bombings, will be a junior minister in the Office of First and Deputy First Minister.
On 8 May 2007, he was appointed Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure in the Northern Ireland Executive, a post he held until 9 June 2008.
During that time, Caitríona also served as the Chief Whip and on the Policing Board. She served as Minister for Education from 2007-2011.
Robinson said he had asked the enterprise minister, Arlene Foster, to temporarily take on his functions. She will effectively become the province's first female first minister.
"Ian Paisley is a junior minister in the Office of the First and Deputy First Minister, the department which is charged with promoting equality and bringing forward the Single Equality Bill," she said.
Whilst an Assembly Member Sir Jeffrey served as Chairman of the Assembly & Executive Review Committee and subsequently as a Junior Minister in the Office of First Minister and Deputy First Minister with special responsibility for issues including children and young people, policy on older people and support for the victims of terrorism.
In 2009, he replaced Jeffrey Donaldson as junior minister in the OFMDFM.