| Nigel Dodds OBE MP MLA |
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Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment
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| Assumed office May 8, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Reg Empey |
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Member of Parliament
for Belfast North |
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Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for Belfast North |
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| Born | August 20, 1958 Derry, Northern Ireland |
| Political party | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Spouse | Diane Dodds |
| Website | http://www.dup.org.uk/NigelDodds.asp |
Nigel Alexander Dodds, OBE, MP, MLA, BL (born Derry, August 20, 1958) is a barrister and Northern Ireland unionist politician. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. Sir Reginald Norman Morgan Empey MLA (born October 26, 1947) is a Northern Ireland politician and a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly The Northern Ireland Assembly ( Irish: Tionól Thuaisceart Éireann, Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann Semmlie) is the devolved Events 636 - Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of Syria and Palestine Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of The Democratic Unionist Party ( DUP) is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. Diane Dodds is a Councillor in West Belfast for the Democratic Unionist Party. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. A barrister is a Lawyer found in many Common law Jurisdictions that employ a split profession (as opposed to a Fused profession) in relation Events 636 - Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of Syria and Palestine Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A barrister is a Lawyer found in many Common law Jurisdictions that employ a split profession (as opposed to a Fused profession) in relation Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of Unionism in Ireland, is a belief in the desirability of a full constitutional and institutional relationship between Ireland and Great Britain based on the terms and He is a Member of the British Parliament for Belfast North, and a member of the Democratic Unionist Party. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories Belfast North is a Parliamentary Constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons. The Democratic Unionist Party ( DUP) is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. He has been Lord Mayor of Belfast twice, and from 1993 has been General Secretary of the DUP. The Lord Mayor of Belfast is a ceremonial position held by a member of Belfast City Council and annually elected by that council Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) [1] From June 2008 he will serve as deputy leader of the DUP. [2] Dodds became North Belfast's MP in the 2001 UK general elections. Results |} Total votes cast 26368204 All parties with more than 500 votes shown He is also a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and is Minister for Finance in the Northern Ireland Executive. The Northern Ireland Assembly ( Irish: Tionól Thuaisceart Éireann, Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann Semmlie) is the devolved The Northern Ireland Executive is the executive arm of the Northern Ireland Assembly, the devolved Legislature for Northern Ireland
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Background
Nigel Dodds was born in Derry[3] and was educated at Portora Royal School, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh[4] (whose other famous alumni include Oscar Wilde, and Samuel Beckett) and St John's College, Cambridge (First class law MA) where he won the university scholarship, McMahan studentship and Winfield Prize for Law. Portora Royal School for boys located in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, is one of a number of 'free schools' founded by Royal Charter Enniskillen ( is the county town (and largest town in County Fermanagh and the west of Northern Ireland. County Fermanagh (fɚr'mænɘ Contae Fhear Manach or Fear Manach ('Men of Monach'in Irish) is the westernmost of the six counties that form Northern Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900 was an Irish Playwright, Novelist, poet and Author of Samuel Barclay Beckett (13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989 was an Irish Writer, Dramatist and poet St John's College, an institution known formally as The Master Fellows and Scholars of the College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge is a [5] Upon graduation, he returned to Northern Ireland and after studying at the Institute of Professional Legal Studies at Queen's University, Belfast (IPLS) was called to the Northern Irish bar [6]. Queen's University Belfast is a university in Belfast, Northern Ireland. After working as a barrister he worked at the Secretariat of the European Parliament from 1984 to 1996. A barrister is a Lawyer found in many Common law Jurisdictions that employ a split profession (as opposed to a Fused profession) in relation The secretariat of the European Parliament is the administrative body of the European Parliament headed by a Secretary-General [7]
His father Joe, is a long standing DUP member of Fermanagh District Council. Fermanagh District Council is a local council in Northern Ireland. [8] Nigel Dodds is married (to Diane Dodds); they have one son and one daughter, and live in Banbridge in County Down. Diane Dodds is a Councillor in West Belfast for the Democratic Unionist Party. Banbridge ( is a rapidly growing Town in County Down, Northern Ireland. County Down, ( Ulster Scots: Coontie Doun. is one of the nine counties that form the province of Ulster and one of six counties that form
Politics
Dodds entered municipal politics in 1981 when he stood unsuccessfully for the Enniskillen part of Fermanagh District Council[9]. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Fermanagh District Council is a local council in Northern Ireland. Four years later in 1985, he was elected to Belfast City Council for the religiously and socially mixed Castle electoral area in the north of the city. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Belfast City Council is the City council for Belfast, Northern Ireland. [10]
Dodds soon rose to prominence in the party. He was elected for two one-year terms as Lord Mayor of Belfast in June 1988 (when he became the youngest ever Lord Mayor of Belfast aged 29 [11])and June 1992. The Lord Mayor of Belfast is a ceremonial position held by a member of Belfast City Council and annually elected by that council Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) [12] The same year, he stood unsuccessfully for the East Antrim constituency in the Westminster election. East Antrim is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. He was elected to the Northern Ireland Forum in 1996 and topped the poll in North Belfast in all three elections to the reconstituted Northern Ireland Assembly in 1998, 2003 and 2007. The Northern Ireland Forum, or formally the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue was a body set up in 1996 to conduct the negotiations that eventually Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Belfast North is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. The Northern Ireland Assembly ( Irish: Tionól Thuaisceart Éireann, Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann Semmlie) is the devolved Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [13] Dodds was awarded the OBE in 1997 for services to Local Government. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar [14]
The troubled and fragmented constituency of North Belfast, with its kaleidoscope of rich and poor, Catholic and Protestant areas, had historically been strong territory for the DUP, with Johnny McQuade representing the constituency in the British House of Commons from 1979-1983. Catholic is an Adjective derived from the Greek adjective '' / 'katholikos' meaning "whole" or "complete". Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. John McQuade (July 1912 &ndash 19 November 1984) known as Johnny McQuade, was a Northern Ireland politician A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures goals or loyalty The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) However, the DUP had stood down in favour of the Ulster Unionist Party in Westminster elections in the late 1980s and 1990s, in order to avoid splitting the unionist vote. The Ulster Unionist Party ( UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP or in a historic sense simply the Unionist Party The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 However, in 2001, Dodds challenged sitting Ulster Unionist Party MP Cecil Walker, despite the dangers of losing the mixed constituency to a nationalist. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The Ulster Unionist Party ( UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP or in a historic sense simply the Unionist Party Sir Alfred Cecil Walker ( 17 December 1924 - 3 January 2007) was an Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament for North Irish nationalism (Náisiúnachas Éireannach refers to political and sociological movements and sentiment that embodies a love for Irish ancestry, culture and language and However, Dodds won just over 40% of the vote, and a comfortable 6,387 majority over Sinn Féin's Gerry Kelly, with Walker being pushed into fourth place. Sinn Féin () is a political party in Ireland. The current party led by Gerry Adams was formed following a split in January 1970 Gerard "Gerry" Kelly (Gearóid Ó Ceallaigh born 5 April 1953) is an Irish republican Politician and former Provisional
Dodds was Minister of Social Development in the Northern Ireland Executive from 21 November 1999 but resigned on 27 July 2000, then served again from 24 October 2001, when the devolved institutions were restored, until resigning on 11 October 2002, shortly before the executive and the Assembly were collapsed by the Ulster Unionist Party. The Northern Ireland Executive is the executive arm of the Northern Ireland Assembly, the devolved Legislature for Northern Ireland Events 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Events 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Events 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus the commander of the Danube armies loyal to Vespasian, defeat Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 1138 - A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria. 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli is killed See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Northern Ireland Assembly ( Irish: Tionól Thuaisceart Éireann, Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann Semmlie) is the devolved The Ulster Unionist Party ( UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP or in a historic sense simply the Unionist Party
Paramilitary attacks
In December 1996, Dodds was visiting his son in the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast when a group of IRA gunmen ambushed him in the corridors. The Royal Victoria Hospital ( Irish: Ospidéal Ríoga Victoria; commonly known as "The Royal" or the "R The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Óglaigh na hÉireann ( IRA; also referred to as the PIRA, the Provos, or by some of its supporters as the Although nobody was killed in the incident, Dodds' police bodyguard was shot and injured. [15]
His constituency office was targeted by the Continuity IRA in 2003 when a viable improvised explosive device was left outside the office. The Continuity Irish Republican Army ( CIRA) is an Irish republican Paramilitary organisation that emerged from a split in the Provisional IRA An improvised explosive device ( IED) is a Bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional Military action The bomb was defused by British Army explosive experts. The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. [16]
References
- ^ NI Assembly profile
- ^ Dodds will be DUP deputy
- ^ NI Assembly profile
- ^ Debrett's People of Today
- ^ Debrett's People of Today
- ^ Stratagem profile
- ^ NI Assembly profile
- ^ DUP profile
- ^ Fermanagh 1981 election
- ^ Belfast 1985 local election
- ^ BBC profile
- ^ Debrett's People of Today
- ^ North Belfast Assembly results
- ^ Debrett's People of Today
- ^ The Stormont ministers — BBC News, 29 May 2000
- ^ Bomb defused at MP's officeBBC News
External links
- Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Nigel Dodds MP
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Nigel Dodds MP
- Maiden Speech : House of Commons - 27 June 2001
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Cecil Walker |
Member of Parliament for Belfast North 2001 – present |
Incumbent |
| Northern Ireland Assembly | ||
| Preceded by Newly created position |
Member of the Legislative Assembly for Belfast North 1998 – present |
Incumbent |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by John J. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories Sir Alfred Cecil Walker ( 17 December 1924 - 3 January 2007) was an Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament for North A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Belfast North is a Parliamentary Constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons. Results |} Total votes cast 26368204 All parties with more than 500 votes shown The Northern Ireland Assembly ( Irish: Tionól Thuaisceart Éireann, Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann Semmlie) is the devolved A Member of the Legislative Assembly, or MLA, is a representative elected by the voters of an Electoral district to the Legislature or Legislative Belfast North is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. The first elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly were held on June 25, 1998. D. Gilmore |
Lord Mayor of Belfast 1988-1989 |
Succeeded by Reg Empey |
| Preceded by Fred Cobain |
Lord Mayor of Belfast 1991-1992 |
Succeeded by Herbert Ditty |
| Preceded by Newly created office |
Minsiter for Social Development 1999-2000 |
Succeeded by Maurice Morrow |
| Preceded by Maurice Morrow |
Minsiter for Social Development 2001-2002 |
Succeeded by Office Suspended 2002-07, (Margaret Ritchie 2007-present) |
| Preceded by Office Suspended 2002-07, (Sir Reg Empey 1999-02) |
Minsiter for Enterprise, Trade and Investment 2007 – present |
Incumbent |
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