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font-weight: normal;">Irish: <i lang="ga">Príomh-Aire agus Leas-Príomh-Aire Thuaisceart Éireann</i><br />Ulster Scots: <i lang="sco-ulster">First Meinister an First Meinister depute o Norlin Airlann</i></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="padding-bottom:0.4em; border-bottom:solid 1px #ccd2d9;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Northern_Ireland_Executive_Office_logo.SVG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Northern_Ireland_Executive_Office_logo.SVG/200px-Northern_Ireland_Executive_Office_logo.SVG.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="44" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Northern_Ireland_Executive_Office_logo.SVG/300px-Northern_Ireland_Executive_Office_logo.SVG.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Northern_Ireland_Executive_Office_logo.SVG/400px-Northern_Ireland_Executive_Office_logo.SVG.png 2x" data-file-width="554" data-file-height="121" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Logo of the Executive Office</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="padding-bottom:0.4em; border-bottom:solid 1px #ccd2d9; line-height:1.4em;"><div style="padding-bottom:0.4em;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:O%E2%80%99Neill_and_Little-Pengelly,_March_2024.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/O%E2%80%99Neill_and_Little-Pengelly%2C_March_2024.jpg/220px-O%E2%80%99Neill_and_Little-Pengelly%2C_March_2024.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/O%E2%80%99Neill_and_Little-Pengelly%2C_March_2024.jpg/330px-O%E2%80%99Neill_and_Little-Pengelly%2C_March_2024.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/O%E2%80%99Neill_and_Little-Pengelly%2C_March_2024.jpg/440px-O%E2%80%99Neill_and_Little-Pengelly%2C_March_2024.jpg 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="410" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Incumbent<br /><a href="/wiki/Michelle_O%27Neill" title="Michelle O'Neill">Michelle O'Neill</a> & <a href="/wiki/Emma_Little-Pengelly" title="Emma Little-Pengelly">Emma Little-Pengelly</a><br /></div>since 3 February 2024</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Executive" title="Northern Ireland Executive">Northern Ireland Executive</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Executive_Office_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Executive Office (Northern Ireland)">Executive Office</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Member of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Northern Ireland Assembly">Northern Ireland Assembly</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Executive" title="Northern Ireland Executive">Northern Ireland Executive</a><br /><a href="/wiki/British%E2%80%93Irish_Council" title="British–Irish Council">British–Irish Council</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Joint_Ministerial_Committee_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Ministerial Committee (United Kingdom)">PM and Heads of Devolved Governments Council</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Council_of_the_Nations_and_Regions" title="Council of the Nations and Regions">Council of the Nations and Regions</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nominator</th><td class="infobox-data">Largest political party in each of the two largest community designations within the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Northern Ireland Assembly">Northern Ireland Assembly</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Precursor</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Prime Minister of Northern Ireland">Prime Minister of Northern Ireland</a> (1921–1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Executive_of_the_1974_Northern_Ireland_Assembly#Chief_Executive" title="Executive of the 1974 Northern Ireland Assembly">Chief and deputy-Chief Executive</a> (1 Jan – 28 May 1974)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Inaugural holder</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Trimble" title="David Trimble">David Trimble</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Seamus_Mallon" title="Seamus Mallon">Seamus Mallon</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data">1 July 1998</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Salary</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.1em;">£120,000 each<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="position:relative; bottom:0.3em;">(includes <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Legislative_Assembly#Northern_Ireland" title="Member of the Legislative Assembly">MLA</a> salary) <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></span> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.executiveoffice-ni.gov.uk/">www<wbr />.executiveoffice-ni<wbr />.gov<wbr />.uk</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>first minister</b> and <b>deputy first minister of Northern Ireland</b> are the joint <a href="/wiki/Head_of_government" title="Head of government">heads of government</a> of <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>, leading the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Executive" title="Northern Ireland Executive">Northern Ireland Executive</a> and with overall responsibility for the running of the <a href="/wiki/Executive_Office_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Executive Office (Northern Ireland)">Executive Office</a>. 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That process was changed following the 2006 <a href="/wiki/St_Andrews_Agreement" title="St Andrews Agreement">St Andrews Agreement</a>, such that the first minister now is nominated by the largest party overall, and the deputy first minister is nominated by the largest party from the next largest community block (understood to mean "Unionist", "Nationalist", or "Other").<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 17 June 2021, despite a letter from the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">Democratic Unionist Party</a> chairman and other senior party members,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> DUP leader <a href="/wiki/Edwin_Poots" title="Edwin Poots">Edwin Poots</a> nominated <a href="/wiki/Paul_Givan" title="Paul Givan">Paul Givan</a> as First Minister and <a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> re-nominated <a href="/wiki/Michelle_O%27Neill" title="Michelle O'Neill">Michelle O'Neill</a> as Deputy First Minister.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 4 February 2022, Givan resigned as First Minister, which led to O'Neill automatically ceasing to hold office as Deputy First Minister.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The offices remained vacant until the appointment of O'Neill as First Minister, the first Irish nationalist to be appointed to the position,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and DUP's <a href="/wiki/Emma_Little-Pengelly" title="Emma 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Northern Ireland">deputy<sup>a</sup> First Minister</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Emma_Little-Pengelly" title="Emma Little-Pengelly">Emma Little-Pengelly</a></dd></dl></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Civil_Service" title="Northern Ireland Civil Service">Civil Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Northern_Ireland_ministers,_government_departments_and_executive_agencies" title="List of Northern Ireland ministers, government departments and executive agencies">Government departments</a></li></ul> <hr /> <p><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="padding-left:1.0em;"> </span><sup>a</sup> Lowercase "d" per <a href="/wiki/First_Minister_and_deputy_First_Minister_of_Northern_Ireland#Capitalisation_of_"deputy"" class="mw-redirect" title="First Minister and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland">here</a>.</span> </p> <hr /></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" 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The First Minister is, though, the first to greet official visitors to Northern Ireland and shares the same title as their counterparts in <a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Scotland" title="First Minister of Scotland">Scotland</a> and <a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Wales" title="First Minister of Wales">Wales</a>. Specifically, they are tasked with co-chairing meetings of the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Executive" title="Northern Ireland Executive">Northern Ireland Executive</a>, "dealing with and co-ordinating" the work of the Executive, and the response of the administration to external relationships.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The First Minister and deputy First Minister agree the agenda of Executive meetings<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and can jointly determine "significant or controversial matters" to be considered by the Executive.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The ministers' policy responsibilities include:<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Economic_policy" title="Economic policy">economic policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equality_before_the_law" title="Equality before the law">equality before the law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> issues</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights" title="Human rights">human rights</a></li> <li>the machinery of government (including the Ministerial Code)</li> <li>public appointments policy</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committee_on_Standards_in_Public_Life" title="Committee on Standards in Public Life">standards in public life</a></li></ul> <p>Two <a href="/wiki/Junior_Minister_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Junior Minister (Northern Ireland)">junior ministers</a> assist the First Minister and deputy First Minister in carrying out the work of <a href="/wiki/Executive_Office_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Executive Office (Northern Ireland)">Executive Office</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are jointly accountable to the First Minister and deputy First Minister. The incumbent junior ministers are <a href="/wiki/Aisling_Reilly" title="Aisling Reilly">Aisling Reilly</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Pam_Cameron" title="Pam Cameron">Pam Cameron</a> (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">Democratic Unionist Party</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Election">Election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=First_Minister_and_Deputy_First_Minister_of_Northern_Ireland&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As originally established under the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Act_1998" title="Northern Ireland Act 1998">Northern Ireland Act 1998</a>, the First Minister was elected by the Assembly on a joint ticket with the deputy First Minister through a <a href="/wiki/Cross-community_vote" title="Cross-community vote">cross-community vote</a>. It was created to enable the leaders of the main <a href="/wiki/Unionism_in_Ireland" title="Unionism in Ireland">unionist</a> and <a href="/wiki/Irish_nationalism" title="Irish nationalism">nationalist</a> parties to work together, with guaranteed joint representation of both main communities. For the purposes of a cross-community vote, MLAs were designated as unionist, nationalist, or other. </p><p>The nominees for First Minister and deputy First Minister required the support of: </p> <ul><li>a majority of the MLAs voting in the election overall;</li> <li>a majority of the designated unionist MLAs voting; and</li> <li>a majority of the designated nationalist MLAs voting.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>This procedure was used on 2 December 1999 to elect <a href="/wiki/David_Trimble" title="David Trimble">David Trimble</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">Ulster Unionist Party</a>, UUP) and <a href="/wiki/Seamus_Mallon" title="Seamus Mallon">Seamus Mallon</a> (<a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">Social Democratic and Labour Party</a>, SDLP). Following several suspensions of the Northern Ireland Executive, Trimble was not re-elected on 2 November 2001 due to opposition from other unionist parties. He was subsequently re-elected alongside <a href="/wiki/Mark_Durkan" title="Mark Durkan">Mark Durkan</a> (SDLP) on 6 November 2001; on that occasion, three <a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance Party of Northern Ireland</a> MLAs redesignated from 'other' to 'unionist' to support Trimble's nomination.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the <a href="/wiki/St_Andrews_Agreement" title="St Andrews Agreement">St Andrews Agreement</a> in October 2006, the appointment procedure was changed to allow for: </p> <ul><li>a First Minister nominated by the largest party of the largest designation;<sup id="cite_ref-auto_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>a deputy First Minister nominated by the largest party of the second largest designation.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>This procedure, which removed the need for a joint ticket between the unionist <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">Democratic Unionist Party</a> and the nationalist <a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> party, was used to appoint <a href="/wiki/Ian_Paisley" title="Ian Paisley">Ian Paisley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Martin_McGuinness" title="Martin McGuinness">Martin McGuinness</a> on 8 May 2007. It was again used to appoint <a href="/wiki/Peter_Robinson_(Northern_Ireland_politician)" title="Peter Robinson (Northern Ireland politician)">Peter Robinson</a> (DUP) alongside McGuinness on 5 June 2008 and again on 12 May 2011, and to appoint <a href="/wiki/Arlene_Foster" title="Arlene Foster">Arlene Foster</a> (DUP) alongside McGuinness on 11 January 2016, also to appoint Foster alongside <a href="/wiki/Michelle_O%27Neill" title="Michelle O'Neill">Michelle O'Neill</a> on 11 January 2020, as well as to appoint <a href="/wiki/Paul_Givan" title="Paul Givan">Paul Givan</a> alongside O'Neill on 17 June 2021. </p><p>The new rules from 2006 also state that, if the largest party of the largest designation happens not to also be the largest party in the assembly overall, then the appointment procedure would be as follows: </p> <ul><li>a First Minister nominated by the largest party overall;</li> <li>a deputy First Minister nominated by the largest party of the largest designation.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>This method of selection was first used in 2024, after the DUP ended its Stormont boycott following agreed changes with the UK government regarding post-Brexit trading relations affected by the Northern Ireland protocol and the implementation of the <a href="/wiki/Windsor_Framework" title="Windsor Framework">Windsor Framework</a>. Sinn Féin was the largest party in the Assembly after the <a href="/wiki/2022_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election">2022 Assembly Election</a>, but the Unionist parties were the largest designation in the assembly. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Justice_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Department of Justice (Northern Ireland)">Minister of Justice</a> is now the only <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Executive" title="Northern Ireland Executive">Northern Ireland Executive</a> minister elected by cross-community vote. All other ministers are party appointees, with parties taking turns using the <a href="/wiki/D%27Hondt_method" title="D'Hondt method">D'Hondt method</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Vacancy">Vacancy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=First_Minister_and_Deputy_First_Minister_of_Northern_Ireland&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Vacancy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The First Minister or deputy First Minister may also appoint another <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Executive" title="Northern Ireland Executive">Northern Ireland Executive</a> Minister to exercise the functions of the office during a vacancy; currently for a continuous period up to six weeks.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Vacancies have occurred on four occasions to date: </p> <dl><dt>First Minister</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Reg_Empey" title="Reg Empey">Reg Empey</a> for <a href="/wiki/David_Trimble" title="David Trimble">David Trimble</a> (1 July 2001 – 6 November 2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arlene_Foster" title="Arlene Foster">Arlene Foster</a> for <a href="/wiki/Peter_Robinson_(Northern_Ireland_politician)" title="Peter Robinson (Northern Ireland politician)">Peter Robinson</a> (11 January 2010 – 3 February 2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arlene_Foster" title="Arlene Foster">Arlene Foster</a> for <a href="/wiki/Peter_Robinson_(Northern_Ireland_politician)" title="Peter Robinson (Northern Ireland politician)">Peter Robinson</a> (10 September 2015 – 20 October 2015)</li></ul> <dl><dt>deputy First Minister</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_O%27Dowd" title="John O'Dowd">John O'Dowd</a> for <a href="/wiki/Martin_McGuinness" title="Martin McGuinness">Martin McGuinness</a> (20 September 2011 – 31 October 2011)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Terminology">Terminology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=First_Minister_and_Deputy_First_Minister_of_Northern_Ireland&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Terminology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Titles_in_Irish_and_Ulster_Scots">Titles in Irish and Ulster Scots</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=First_Minister_and_Deputy_First_Minister_of_Northern_Ireland&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Titles in Irish and Ulster Scots"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the Irish language, the literal translation of these positions is "Céad-Aire agus an leas Chéad-Aire". The titles appear in both English and Irish in published literature by the North-South Ministerial Council, one of the "mutually inter-dependent" institutions laid out in the Good Friday Agreement, along with the Northern Ireland Assembly.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Various ways of translating the titles "First Minister and deputy First Minister" into the <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Scots_dialects" class="mw-redirect" title="Ulster Scots dialects">Ulster Scots dialects</a> have been attested in official communications, including <span title="Scots-language text"><i lang="sco">Heid Männystèr an tha Heid Männystèr depute</i></span>, <span title="Scots-language text"><i lang="sco">First Meinister an First Meinister depute</i></span>,<sup id="cite_ref-nsmc2011_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nsmc2011-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nsmc2010_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nsmc2010-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span title="Scots-language text"><i lang="sco">First Meenister an First Meenister depute</i></span><sup id="cite_ref-nsmc2009_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nsmc2009-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <span title="Scots-language text"><i lang="sco">First Minister an First Minister depute</i></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-nsmc2008_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nsmc2008-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Capitalisation_of_"deputy""><span id="Capitalisation_of_.22deputy.22"></span>Capitalisation of "deputy"</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=First_Minister_and_Deputy_First_Minister_of_Northern_Ireland&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Capitalisation of "deputy""><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The second position has been written as "Deputy" or "deputy" First Minister, due to differing preferences by civil servants (and potentially ministers), although the capitalisation of the title has no constitutional consequences in practice. </p><p>The first two holders of the office, <a href="/wiki/Seamus_Mallon" title="Seamus Mallon">Seamus Mallon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mark_Durkan" title="Mark Durkan">Mark Durkan</a>, were both referred to during their periods of office as "Deputy First Minister", with a capital 'D'. In the Good Friday Agreement, also known as the Belfast Agreement, which established the executive in Northern Ireland, the two positions are spelt "First Minister and Deputy First Minister" (with a capital 'D').<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was also adopted in 1999 for the logo of the OFMDFM. Several weeks after Martin McGuinness took up office as Deputy First Minister in 2007, civil servants in his department began asking the Assembly's <a href="/wiki/Hansard" title="Hansard">Hansard</a> team to replace the capital 'D' with a lower-case 'd', pointing out that the title was rendered that way in the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Act_1998" title="Northern Ireland Act 1998">Northern Ireland Act 1998</a>, the legislation which established the office. Some believe that the case change was advocated to highlight the fact that the position holds the same power as the position of First Minister, but a spokesman for McGuinness said that neither McGuinness nor his advisers had asked for the change. <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly">Speaker</a> <a href="/wiki/William_Hay,_Baron_Hay_of_Ballyore" class="mw-redirect" title="William Hay, Baron Hay of Ballyore">William Hay</a> ordered the change and the capital 'D' was no longer used in Hansard references. </p><p>Officials edited the department's archive of press releases to make that change (despite its use by Mallon and Durkan when in office) but the capital 'D' still appears in some places, and a spokesman confirmed on 20 March 2008 that the office had "no plans" to change the OFMDFM logo. However, the Assembly committee that scrutinises their work is now listed as the "Committee for the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister". Ultimately it was decided that McGuinness should be referred to as the deputy First Minister, unless all the other letters in the title are in capitals. Confusion isn't completely resolved however; if McGuinness wrote to the Assembly committee that scrutinised his work, his note would have a letterhead that comes from the "Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister", but he would get a reply back from the Committee for the "Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister".<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In official language, the positions are sometimes abbreviated to <b>FM/dFM</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alternative_titles_for_the_deputy_First_Minister">Alternative titles for the deputy First Minister</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=First_Minister_and_Deputy_First_Minister_of_Northern_Ireland&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Alternative titles for the deputy First Minister"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sinn Féin started using the phrases "Joint First Minister" and "Co-First Minister" in 2009 to describe the deputy First Minister to highlight the fact that the First Minister and deputy First Minister operated in tandem. Martin McGuinness used the term Joint First Minister himself when he arrived for a meeting of the <a href="/wiki/North/South_Ministerial_Council" title="North/South Ministerial Council">North/South Ministerial Council</a> in February 2009; the DUP denounced the term as "republican speak" and it is not used in legislation.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc7895470_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc7895470-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jim_Allister" title="Jim Allister">Jim Allister</a>, the leader of the <a href="/wiki/Traditional_Unionist_Voice" title="Traditional Unionist Voice">Traditional Unionist Voice</a>, long called Robinson and McGuinness "the joint first ministers", to highlight the joint nature of the office and to demonstrate his opposition to the power-sharing arrangements.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc7895470_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc7895470-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the restoration of power-sharing in 2020, Sinn Féin started describing the position as "joint head of government".<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=First_Minister_and_Deputy_First_Minister_of_Northern_Ireland&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Scottish_and_Northern_Ireland_Ministers.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Scottish_and_Northern_Ireland_Ministers.jpg/220px-Scottish_and_Northern_Ireland_Ministers.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Scottish_and_Northern_Ireland_Ministers.jpg/330px-Scottish_and_Northern_Ireland_Ministers.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Scottish_and_Northern_Ireland_Ministers.jpg/440px-Scottish_and_Northern_Ireland_Ministers.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3479" data-file-height="2319" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Alex_Salmond" title="Alex Salmond">Alex Salmond</a> (right) meets <a href="/wiki/Ian_Paisley" title="Ian Paisley">Ian Paisley</a> (centre) and <a href="/wiki/Martin_McGuinness" title="Martin McGuinness">Martin McGuinness</a> in 2008.</figcaption></figure> <p>Following <a href="/wiki/1998_Belfast_Agreement_referendum" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 Belfast Agreement referendum">a referendum</a> on the Belfast Agreement on 23 May 1998 and subsequent the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Act_1998" title="Northern Ireland Act 1998">Northern Ireland Act 1998</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Northern Ireland Assembly">Northern Ireland Assembly</a> was established in 1998 with a view to assuming devolved powers from the <a href="/wiki/UK_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Parliament">Westminster Parliament</a>. On 1 July 1998, <a href="/wiki/David_Trimble" title="David Trimble">David Trimble</a> (UUP) and <a href="/wiki/Seamus_Mallon" title="Seamus Mallon">Seamus Mallon</a> (SDLP) were nominated and elected First Minister and deputy First Minister designates respectively. Eventually, on 2 December 1999, power was devolved and Trimble and Mallon formally took office as joint heads of the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Executive" title="Northern Ireland Executive">Northern Ireland Executive</a>. </p><p>On 6 November 2001, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Durkan" title="Mark Durkan">Mark Durkan</a> (SDLP) became deputy First Minister after Seamus Mallon's retirement. The Executive and the two positions were suspended between 15 October 2002 and 8 May 2007 following a breakdown in trust between the parties. </p><p>On 8 May 2007, <a href="/wiki/Ian_Paisley" title="Ian Paisley">Ian Paisley</a> (DUP) and Martin McGuinness (Sinn Féin) were appointed First Minister and deputy First Minister respectively in line with the agreement between their two parties on 26 March 2007. </p><p>Paisley stated his intention to resign on 4 March 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His Deputy as DUP leader, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Robinson_(Northern_Ireland_politician)" title="Peter Robinson (Northern Ireland politician)">Peter Robinson</a> was ratified as Democratic Unionist Party leader designate on 17 April 2008<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and became First Minister on 5 June 2008. Arlene Foster succeeded Peter Robinson as DUP leader on 18 December 2015, and as First Minister on 11 January 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After more than 20 DUP MLAs and four DUP MPs signed a letter "... voicing no confidence in her leadership", Foster resigned as party leader on 28 May 2021, and as First Minister in June 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-resign_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-resign-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her successor as the leader of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">Democratic Unionist Party</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edwin_Poots" title="Edwin Poots">Edwin Poots</a>, said he would not become the First Minister.<sup id="cite_ref-consult_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-consult-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Instead, DUP <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Legislative_Assembly_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Member of the Legislative Assembly (Northern Ireland)">MLA</a> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Givan" title="Paul Givan">Paul Givan</a> was nominated for First Minister by Poots.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite concerns by Sinn Féin that an <a href="/wiki/Irish_Language_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Language Act">Irish Language Act</a> would not pass, following talks with the British government they agreed to renominate <a href="/wiki/Michelle_O%27Neill" title="Michelle O'Neill">Michelle O'Neill</a> for deputy First Minister.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, 24 of the DUP's 28 MLAs voted against Givan, leading to Poots' resignation as party leader.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Separately, between 12 February 2000<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 30 May 2000,<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 15 October 2002<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 8 May 2007,<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however, devolution was suspended, and along with it the offices of First Minister and deputy First Minister. The Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister became the responsibility of the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Northern_Ireland" title="Secretary of State for Northern Ireland">Secretary of State for Northern Ireland</a>. There were also two 24-hour periods of suspension on 11 August 2001<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 22 September 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to allow timetables for negotiation to restart.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Devolution was suspended from 10 January 2017 to 10 January 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="First_Ministers_and_deputy_First_Ministers">First Ministers and deputy First Ministers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=First_Minister_and_Deputy_First_Minister_of_Northern_Ireland&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: First Ministers and deputy First Ministers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parties">Parties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=First_Minister_and_Deputy_First_Minister_of_Northern_Ireland&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Parties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#48A5EE; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">Ulster Unionist Party</a></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#2AA82C; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">Social Democratic and Labour Party</a></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#D46A4C; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">Democratic Unionist Party</a></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#326760; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a></span> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5">First Minister of Northern Ireland </th> <th colspan="5">Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland </th> <th rowspan="2">Government </th> <th rowspan="2">Elections </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" width="20%">Name<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Birth–Death)<br />Constituency</span> </th> <th width="75">Portrait </th> <th colspan="2" width="20%">Term of office </th> <th colspan="2" width="20%">Name<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Birth–Death)<br />Constituency</span> </th> <th width="75">Portrait </th> <th colspan="2" width="20%">Term of office </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" style="background:#48A5EE"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/David_Trimble" title="David Trimble">David Trimble</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1944–2022)<br /><a href="/wiki/Upper_Bann_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Upper Bann (Assembly constituency)">Upper Bann</a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:David_Trimble.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/David_Trimble.jpg/75px-David_Trimble.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/David_Trimble.jpg/113px-David_Trimble.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/David_Trimble.jpg/150px-David_Trimble.jpg 2x" data-file-width="414" data-file-height="621" /></a></span> </td> <td>1 July 1998 </td> <td>1 July 2001 </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#2AA82C"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Seamus_Mallon" title="Seamus Mallon">Seamus Mallon</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1936–2020)<br /><a href="/wiki/Newry_and_Armagh_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Newry and Armagh (Assembly constituency)">Newry and Armagh</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seamus_Mallon,_1998_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Seamus_Mallon%2C_1998_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Seamus_Mallon%2C_1998_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Seamus_Mallon%2C_1998_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Seamus_Mallon%2C_1998_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Seamus_Mallon%2C_1998_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Seamus_Mallon%2C_1998_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="420" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2">1 July 1998 </td> <td rowspan="2">6 November 2001 </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Executive_of_the_1st_Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Executive of the 1st Northern Ireland Assembly">First Executive</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" style="background:#48A5EE"><a href="/wiki/1998_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">'"`UNIQ--templatestyles-0000004A-QINU`"'</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">1998</span></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#EEEEEE"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Reg_Empey" title="Reg Empey">Reg Empey</a></b></i><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(b. 1947)<br /><a href="/wiki/Belfast_East_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Belfast East (Assembly constituency)">Belfast East</a></span> </td> <td style="background:#EEEEEE"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Lord_Empey_crop_2,_2019.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Empey_crop_2%2C_2019.jpg/75px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Empey_crop_2%2C_2019.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Empey_crop_2%2C_2019.jpg/113px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Empey_crop_2%2C_2019.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Empey_crop_2%2C_2019.jpg/150px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Empey_crop_2%2C_2019.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td style="background:#EEEEEE">1 July 2001<br />(acting) </td> <td style="background:#EEEEEE">6 November 2001 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/David_Trimble" title="David Trimble">David Trimble</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1944–2022)<br /><a href="/wiki/Upper_Bann_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Upper Bann (Assembly constituency)">Upper Bann</a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:David_Trimble.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/David_Trimble.jpg/75px-David_Trimble.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/David_Trimble.jpg/113px-David_Trimble.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/David_Trimble.jpg/150px-David_Trimble.jpg 2x" data-file-width="414" data-file-height="621" /></a></span> </td> <td>6 November 2001 </td> <td>14 October 2002 </td> <td style="background:#2AA82C"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mark_Durkan" title="Mark Durkan">Mark Durkan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(b. 1960)<br /><a href="/wiki/Foyle_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Foyle (Assembly constituency)">Foyle</a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MarkDurkan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/MarkDurkan.jpg/75px-MarkDurkan.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/MarkDurkan.jpg/113px-MarkDurkan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/MarkDurkan.jpg/150px-MarkDurkan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="562" data-file-height="749" /></a></span> </td> <td>6 November 2001 </td> <td>14 October 2002 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="11" rowspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE"><i>Offices vacant (14 October 2002 – 8 May 2007)</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#D46A4C"><a href="/wiki/2003_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2003 Northern Ireland Assembly election"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">2003</span></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#D46A4C"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ian_Paisley" title="Ian Paisley">Ian Paisley</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1926–2014)<br /><a href="/wiki/North_Antrim_(Assembly_constituency)" title="North Antrim (Assembly constituency)">North Antrim</a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:DrIanPaisley.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/DrIanPaisley.jpg/75px-DrIanPaisley.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/DrIanPaisley.jpg/113px-DrIanPaisley.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/DrIanPaisley.jpg/150px-DrIanPaisley.jpg 2x" data-file-width="569" data-file-height="758" /></a></span> </td> <td>8 May 2007 </td> <td>5 June 2008 </td> <td rowspan="9" style="background:#326760"> </td> <td rowspan="4"><b><a href="/wiki/Martin_McGuinness" title="Martin McGuinness">Martin McGuinness</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1950–2017)<br /><a href="/wiki/Mid_Ulster_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Mid Ulster (Assembly constituency)">Mid Ulster</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Martin_McGuinness_in_Jan_2017_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Martin_McGuinness_in_Jan_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Martin_McGuinness_in_Jan_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Martin_McGuinness_in_Jan_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Martin_McGuinness_in_Jan_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Martin_McGuinness_in_Jan_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Martin_McGuinness_in_Jan_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1993" data-file-height="2618" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4">8 May 2007 </td> <td rowspan="4">20 September 2011 </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Executive_of_the_3rd_Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Executive of the 3rd Northern Ireland Assembly">Second Executive</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" style="background:#D46A4C"><a href="/wiki/2007_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">2007</span></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="7" style="background:#D46A4C"> </td> <td rowspan="1"><b><a href="/wiki/Peter_Robinson_(Northern_Ireland_politician)" title="Peter Robinson (Northern Ireland politician)">Peter Robinson</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(b. 1948)<br /><a href="/wiki/Belfast_East_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Belfast East (Assembly constituency)">Belfast East</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="1"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Peter_Robinson_MLA_DUP.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Peter_Robinson_MLA_DUP.jpg/75px-Peter_Robinson_MLA_DUP.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Peter_Robinson_MLA_DUP.jpg/113px-Peter_Robinson_MLA_DUP.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Peter_Robinson_MLA_DUP.jpg/150px-Peter_Robinson_MLA_DUP.jpg 2x" data-file-width="353" data-file-height="460" /></a></span> </td> <td>5 June 2008 </td> <td>11 January 2010 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#EEEEEE"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Arlene_Foster" title="Arlene Foster">Arlene Foster</a></b></i><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(b. 1970)<br /><a href="/wiki/Fermanagh_and_South_Tyrone_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Fermanagh and South Tyrone (Assembly constituency)">Fermanagh and South Tyrone</a></span> </td> <td style="background:#EEEEEE"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_Portrait_of_Baroness_Foster_of_Aghadrumsee_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Official_Portrait_of_Baroness_Foster_of_Aghadrumsee_crop_2.jpg/75px-Official_Portrait_of_Baroness_Foster_of_Aghadrumsee_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Official_Portrait_of_Baroness_Foster_of_Aghadrumsee_crop_2.jpg/113px-Official_Portrait_of_Baroness_Foster_of_Aghadrumsee_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Official_Portrait_of_Baroness_Foster_of_Aghadrumsee_crop_2.jpg/150px-Official_Portrait_of_Baroness_Foster_of_Aghadrumsee_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td style="background:#EEEEEE">11 January 2010<br />(acting) </td> <td style="background:#EEEEEE">3 February 2010 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/Peter_Robinson_(Northern_Ireland_politician)" title="Peter Robinson (Northern Ireland politician)">Peter Robinson</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(b. 1948)<br /><a href="/wiki/Belfast_East_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Belfast East (Assembly constituency)">Belfast East</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Peter_Robinson_MLA_DUP.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Peter_Robinson_MLA_DUP.jpg/75px-Peter_Robinson_MLA_DUP.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Peter_Robinson_MLA_DUP.jpg/113px-Peter_Robinson_MLA_DUP.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Peter_Robinson_MLA_DUP.jpg/150px-Peter_Robinson_MLA_DUP.jpg 2x" data-file-width="353" data-file-height="460" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3">3 February 2010 </td> <td rowspan="3">10 September 2015 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#EEEEEE"><i><b><a href="/wiki/John_O%27Dowd" title="John O'Dowd">John O'Dowd</a></b></i><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(b. 1967)<br /><a href="/wiki/Upper_Bann_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Upper Bann (Assembly constituency)">Upper Bann</a></span> </td> <td style="background:#EEEEEE"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_O%27Dowd_2021.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/John_O%27Dowd_2021.jpg/75px-John_O%27Dowd_2021.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/John_O%27Dowd_2021.jpg/113px-John_O%27Dowd_2021.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/John_O%27Dowd_2021.jpg/150px-John_O%27Dowd_2021.jpg 2x" data-file-width="585" data-file-height="767" /></a></span> </td> <td style="background:#EEEEEE">20 September 2011<br />(acting) </td> <td style="background:#EEEEEE">31 October 2011 </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Executive_of_the_4th_Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Executive of the 4th Northern Ireland Assembly">Third Executive</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" style="background:#D46A4C"><a href="/wiki/2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2011 Northern Ireland Assembly election"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">2011</span></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"><b><a href="/wiki/Martin_McGuinness" title="Martin McGuinness">Martin McGuinness</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1950–2017)<br /><a href="/wiki/Mid_Ulster_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Mid Ulster (Assembly constituency)">Mid Ulster</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Martin_McGuinness_in_Jan_2017_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Martin_McGuinness_in_Jan_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Martin_McGuinness_in_Jan_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Martin_McGuinness_in_Jan_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Martin_McGuinness_in_Jan_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Martin_McGuinness_in_Jan_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Martin_McGuinness_in_Jan_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1993" data-file-height="2618" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4">31 October 2011 </td> <td rowspan="4">9 January 2017 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#EEEEEE"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Arlene_Foster" title="Arlene Foster">Arlene Foster</a></b></i><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(b. 1970)<br /><a href="/wiki/Fermanagh_and_South_Tyrone_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Fermanagh and South Tyrone (Assembly constituency)">Fermanagh and South Tyrone</a></span> </td> <td style="background:#EEEEEE"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_Portrait_of_Baroness_Foster_of_Aghadrumsee_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Official_Portrait_of_Baroness_Foster_of_Aghadrumsee_crop_2.jpg/75px-Official_Portrait_of_Baroness_Foster_of_Aghadrumsee_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Official_Portrait_of_Baroness_Foster_of_Aghadrumsee_crop_2.jpg/113px-Official_Portrait_of_Baroness_Foster_of_Aghadrumsee_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Official_Portrait_of_Baroness_Foster_of_Aghadrumsee_crop_2.jpg/150px-Official_Portrait_of_Baroness_Foster_of_Aghadrumsee_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td style="background:#EEEEEE">10 September 2015<br />(acting) </td> <td style="background:#EEEEEE">20 October 2015 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1"><b><a href="/wiki/Peter_Robinson_(Northern_Ireland_politician)" title="Peter Robinson (Northern Ireland politician)">Peter Robinson</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(b. 1948)<br /><a href="/wiki/Belfast_East_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Belfast East (Assembly constituency)">Belfast East</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="1"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Peter_Robinson_MLA_DUP.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Peter_Robinson_MLA_DUP.jpg/75px-Peter_Robinson_MLA_DUP.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Peter_Robinson_MLA_DUP.jpg/113px-Peter_Robinson_MLA_DUP.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Peter_Robinson_MLA_DUP.jpg/150px-Peter_Robinson_MLA_DUP.jpg 2x" data-file-width="353" data-file-height="460" /></a></span> </td> <td>20 October 2015 </td> <td>11 January 2016 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#D46A4C"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Arlene_Foster" title="Arlene Foster">Arlene Foster</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(b. 1970)<br /><a href="/wiki/Fermanagh_and_South_Tyrone_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Fermanagh and South Tyrone (Assembly constituency)">Fermanagh and South Tyrone</a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_Portrait_of_Baroness_Foster_of_Aghadrumsee_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Official_Portrait_of_Baroness_Foster_of_Aghadrumsee_crop_2.jpg/75px-Official_Portrait_of_Baroness_Foster_of_Aghadrumsee_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Official_Portrait_of_Baroness_Foster_of_Aghadrumsee_crop_2.jpg/113px-Official_Portrait_of_Baroness_Foster_of_Aghadrumsee_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Official_Portrait_of_Baroness_Foster_of_Aghadrumsee_crop_2.jpg/150px-Official_Portrait_of_Baroness_Foster_of_Aghadrumsee_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td>11 January 2016 </td> <td>9 January 2017 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Executive_of_the_5th_Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Executive of the 5th Northern Ireland Assembly">Fourth Executive</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#D46A4C"><a href="/wiki/2016_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">2016</span></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="11" rowspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE"><i>Offices <a href="/wiki/2017_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election#Aftermath" title="2017 Northern Ireland Assembly election">vacant</a> (9 January 2017 – 11 January 2020)</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4" style="background:#D46A4C"><a href="/wiki/2017_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2017 Northern Ireland Assembly election"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">2017</span></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#D46A4C"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Arlene_Foster" title="Arlene Foster">Arlene Foster</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(b. 1970)<br /><a href="/wiki/Fermanagh_and_South_Tyrone_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Fermanagh and South Tyrone (Assembly constituency)">Fermanagh and South Tyrone</a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_Portrait_of_Baroness_Foster_of_Aghadrumsee_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Official_Portrait_of_Baroness_Foster_of_Aghadrumsee_crop_2.jpg/75px-Official_Portrait_of_Baroness_Foster_of_Aghadrumsee_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Official_Portrait_of_Baroness_Foster_of_Aghadrumsee_crop_2.jpg/113px-Official_Portrait_of_Baroness_Foster_of_Aghadrumsee_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Official_Portrait_of_Baroness_Foster_of_Aghadrumsee_crop_2.jpg/150px-Official_Portrait_of_Baroness_Foster_of_Aghadrumsee_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td>11 January 2020 </td> <td>14 June 2021 </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#326760"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Michelle_O%27Neill" title="Michelle O'Neill">Michelle O'Neill</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(b. 1977)<br /><a href="/wiki/Mid_Ulster_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Mid Ulster (Assembly constituency)">Mid Ulster</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Michelle_O%27Neill_(cropped_from_Martin_McGuinness,_Michelle_O%27Neill,_Mary_Lou_McDonald_and_Gerry_Adams).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Michelle_O%27Neill_%28cropped_from_Martin_McGuinness%2C_Michelle_O%27Neill%2C_Mary_Lou_McDonald_and_Gerry_Adams%29.jpg/75px-Michelle_O%27Neill_%28cropped_from_Martin_McGuinness%2C_Michelle_O%27Neill%2C_Mary_Lou_McDonald_and_Gerry_Adams%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="103" class="mw-file-element" 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title="Paul Givan">Paul Givan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(b. 1981)<br /><a href="/wiki/Lagan_Valley_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Lagan Valley (Assembly constituency)">Lagan Valley</a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Paul_Givan_DUP.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Paul_Givan_DUP.jpg/75px-Paul_Givan_DUP.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Paul_Givan_DUP.jpg/113px-Paul_Givan_DUP.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Paul_Givan_DUP.jpg/150px-Paul_Givan_DUP.jpg 2x" data-file-width="293" data-file-height="391" /></a></span> </td> <td>17 June 2021 </td> <td>4 February 2022 </td> <td rowspan="1">17 June 2021 </td> <td rowspan="1">4 February 2022 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" colspan="11" style="background:#EEEEEE"><i>Offices vacant (4 February 2022 – 3 February 2024)</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#326760"><a href="/wiki/2022_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">2022</span></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#326760"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Michelle_O%27Neill" title="Michelle O'Neill">Michelle O'Neill</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(b. 1977)<br /><a href="/wiki/Mid_Ulster_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Mid Ulster (Assembly constituency)">Mid Ulster</a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Michelle_O%27Neill_(cropped_from_Martin_McGuinness,_Michelle_O%27Neill,_Mary_Lou_McDonald_and_Gerry_Adams).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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data-file-height="1424" /></a></span> </td> <td>3 February 2024 </td> <td><i>Incumbent</i> </td> <td style="background:#D46A4C"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Emma_Little-Pengelly" title="Emma Little-Pengelly">Emma Little-Pengelly</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(b. 1979)<br /><a href="/wiki/Lagan_Valley_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Lagan Valley (Assembly constituency)">Lagan Valley</a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Emma_Little_Pengelly_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Official_portrait_of_Emma_Little_Pengelly_crop_2.jpg/75px-Official_portrait_of_Emma_Little_Pengelly_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Official_portrait_of_Emma_Little_Pengelly_crop_2.jpg/112px-Official_portrait_of_Emma_Little_Pengelly_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, 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First Minister and deputy First Minister. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Name </th> <th>Portrait </th> <th>Party </th> <th>Term start </th> <th>Term end </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td><i><a href="/wiki/John_Reid,_Baron_Reid_of_Cardowan" title="John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan">John Reid</a></i> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Lord_Reid_of_Cardowan,_2020.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Reid_of_Cardowan%2C_2020.jpg/75px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Reid_of_Cardowan%2C_2020.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Reid_of_Cardowan%2C_2020.jpg/113px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Reid_of_Cardowan%2C_2020.jpg 1.5x, 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Murphy</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:rgb(68, 143, 143);color:white;width:1%;background:rgb(204, 0, 153);color:white;"><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Education_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Department of Education (Northern Ireland)"><span style="color:white;">Education</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:rgb(68, 143, 143);color:white;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/D%27Hondt_method" title="D'Hondt method"><span style="color:white;">Party allocation</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">Democratic Unionist 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