Ulster Unionist Party Leader
The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) is a unionist political party in Northern Ireland. The party was founded as the Ulster Unionist Council in 1905, emerging from the Irish Unionist Alliance in Ulster. Under Edward Carson, it led unionist opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement. Following the partition of Ireland, it was the governing party of Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. It was supported by most unionist voters throughout the conflict known as the Troubles, during which time it was often referred to as the Official Unionist Party (OUP). Under David Trimble, the party helped negotiate the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, which ended the conflict. Trimble served as the first First Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2002. However, it was overtaken as the largest unionist party in 2003 by the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). As of 2022 it is the fourth-largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly, after Sinn Féin, the DUP, and the Alliance Party. Since August ...
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Mike Nesbitt
Michael Nesbitt, Member of the Legislative Assembly (Northern Ireland), MLA (born 11 May 1957) is a Northern Irish politician and former broadcaster"'I could see myself getting old with Mike'"
Belfast Telegraph, 29 February 2004; accessed 6 February 2009 currently serving as the Department of Health (Northern Ireland), Minister of Health since 28 May 2024. He has been the Ulster Unionist Party, Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) since 30 August 2024 following his successful candidacy in the 2024 Ulster Unionist Party leadership election, 2024 leadership election after previously serving in the role from 2012 Ulster Unionist Party leadership election, 2012 to 2017. Nesbitt has been a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) ...
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