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The Northern Ireland Executive is the (currently suspended) executive body for Northern Ireland, answerable to the Northern Ireland Assembly.
It officially took power on December 2, 1999, but was suspended on various occasions, the last effective October 15, 2002, as problems with the practicalities of power sharing mounted. While it is suspended, the functions it exercised have reverted to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
The seats were allocated in a power-sharing formula and were proportional to the number of members in the Assembly.
Shortly before its final suspension, the executive consisted of
- David Trimble - First Minister ( Ulster Unionist Party)
- Mark Durkan - Deputy First Minister ( Social Democratic and Labour Party)
- Reg Empey - Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister (UUP)
- Seán Farren - Finance and Personnel (SDLP)
- Peter Robinson - Regional Development ( Democratic Unionist Party) - had resigned on October 10
- Martin McGuinness - Education Minister ( Sinn FéinSinn Fein (in the Irish language "ourselves" or "we ourselves"; not as sometimes incorrectly translated, "ourselves alone") is an Irish political party. Originally founded by Arthur Griffith as an Irish separatist monarchist party, in 1917 it moved to cam)
- Dermot Nesbitt - Environment Minister (UUP)
- Carmel Hanna - Employment and Learning (SDLP)
- Nigel DoddsNigel Alexander Dodds OBE (born August 20, 1958) is a barrister and Northern Ireland unionist politician. He is Member of Parliament for North Belfast, and a member of the Democratic Unionist Party. He has been Lord Mayor of Belfast twice, and from 1993 h - Social Development (DUP)
- Michael McGimpsey - Culture, Arts and Leisure (UUP)
- Bairbre de BrúnBairbre de Brun (born January 10, 1954 in Dublin) is a nationalist politician in Northern Ireland. Following the 2004 European elections, she is Sinn Fein's first member of the European Parliament in Northern Ireland. In the European Parliament, she sits - Health, Social Services and Public Safety (Sinn Féin)
- Brid Rogers - Agriculture and Rural Development (SDLP)
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