Nigel Dodds
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Nigel Dodds

Personal data
Date of birth20 August 1958(age 52)
Place of birthDerry, Northern Ireland
NationalityBritish
Political partyDemocratic Unionist Party
SpouseDiane Dodds
Alma materSt John's College, Cambridge, Queen's University Belfast
Minister of Finance and Personnel
In officeJune 2008 - June 2009
Succeeded bySammy Wilson
Preceded byPeter Robinson
Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment
In office8 May 2007 - June 2008
Succeeded byArlene Foster
Preceded bySir Reg Empey
Minister for Social Development
In office2001 - October 2002
Succeeded byMargaret Ritchie
Preceded byMaurice Morrow
Minister for Social Development
In officeDecember 1999 - 2001
Succeeded byMaurice Morrow
Preceded byNewly-created office
Assumed office7 June 2001
Majority5,188 (17.0%)
Preceded byCecil Walker
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for Belfast North
Assumed office25 June 1998
Preceded byNew Creation

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Nigel Alexander Dodds, OBE, MP, MLA, BL (born Derry, 20 August 1958) is a barrister and Northern Irish unionist politician. He is Member of Parliament for Belfast North, and deputy leader of the Democratic Unionist Party. He has been Lord Mayor of Belfast twice, and from 1993 has been General Secretary of the DUP. Since June 2008 he has been Deputy Leader of the DUP.

Dodds became North Belfast's MP in the 2001 UK general elections. He is also a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and is Minister of Finance in the Northern Ireland Executive.

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DUP's Shannon in assembly move - BBC News Tweet this news
BBC News--The party has said its deputy leader -Nigel Dodds- will leave the assembly in the near future as they continue to phase out double jobbing. ... - Date : Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:25:24 GMT+00:00
'Carbon monoxide alarms must be made mandatory' - Newtownabbey Today Tweet this news
Newtownabbey Today--Describing the deaths of Aaron and Neil as "an unbelievable tragedy", North Belfast MP -Nigel Dodds- expressed his deepest sympathy to their families. ... - Date : Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:45:02 GMT+00:00
Experts issue Castlerock gas warning - U.TV Tweet this news
U.TV--North Belfast DUP MP -Nigel Dodds- has called for carbon monoxide alarms to be made mandatory with the installation of gas heating. ... - Date : Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:01:03 GMT+00:00
Donaldson says Libyan deal not in danger over bomber - Irish Times Tweet this news
Irish Times--Its members were Mr Donaldson, deputy DUP leader -Nigel Dodds-, Lord Bew - former adviser to the ex-Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble - Labour MP Andrew ... - Date : Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:51:21 GMT+00:00
Cameron reassures Salmond over poll date clash - Herald Scotland Tweet this news
Herald Scotland--During Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons, -Nigel Dodds-, of the Democratic Unionists, upbraided the UK Government for its lack of “proper ... - Date : Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:14:17 GMT+00:00
'Heartbreak' as arsonists destroy community hall - Belfast Newsletter Tweet this news
Belfast Newsletter--North Belfast MP -Nigel Dodds- said he was both "shocked and outraged". "I know the hall management committee has gone to great lengths over the years to make ... - Date : Sat, 10 Jul 2010 09:29:59 GMT+00:00
Dodds calls for RA care - Belfast Telegraph Tweet this news
Belfast Telegraph--North Belfast MP -Nigel Dodds- has vowed to raise the care of patients with rheumatoid arthritis with the Department of Health. ... - Date : Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:07:50 GMT+00:00
THE DUP has repeated its call for the number of MLAs to be slashed. - Belfast Newsletter Tweet this news
Belfast Newsletter--DUP deputy leader -Nigel Dodds- said that since the 1998 Belfast Agreement his party had consistently argued for a reduction in the number of assembly members ... - Date : Sat, 17 Jul 2010 06:34:06 GMT+00:00
DUP MPs support Asda employee over 'sash' row - U.TV Tweet this news
U.TV--It has now emerged messages were posted from the Facebook accounts of Jeffrey Donaldson and -Nigel Dodds- on a page set up to support the 54-year-old. ... - Date : Sat, 24 Jul 2010 09:40:55 GMT+00:00
Dual mandate purge risks talent exodus - Belfast Newsletter Tweet this news
Belfast Newsletter--Even DUP critics concede that the party has able and experienced MPs such as -Nigel Dodds-, Jeffrey Donaldson, Gregory Campbell and Sammy Wilson. ... - Date : Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:38:35 GMT+00:00

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Cecil Walker
Member of Parliament for Belfast North
2001 - present
Incumbent
Northern Ireland Assembly
Preceded by
Newly created position
MLA for Belfast North
1998 - present
Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by
Alan Kane
Party Secretary of the Democratic Unionist Party
1993-2008
Succeeded by
Michelle McIlveen
Preceded by
Peter Robinson
Deputy Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party
2008 - present
Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by
John J. 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
Minister for Social Development
1999-2000
Succeeded by
Office suspended
Preceded by
Office suspended
Minister for Social Development
2000
Succeeded by
Maurice Morrow
Preceded by
Maurice Morrow
Minister for Social Development
2001-2002
Succeeded by
Office suspended
Preceded by
Office suspended
Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment
2007-2008
Succeeded by
Arlene Foster
Preceded by
Peter Robinson
Minister of Finance and Personnel
2008-2009
Succeeded by
Sammy Wilson


Parliamentarians in Northern Ireland

Westminster
Gerry Adams * Gregory Campbell * Nigel Dodds * Pat Doherty * Jeffrey Donaldson * Mark Durkan * Michelle Gildernew * Sylvia Hermon * Naomi Long * Willie McCrea * Alasdair McDonnell * Martin McGuinness * Conor Murphy * Ian Paisley Jr. * Margaret Ritchie * David Simpson * Sammy Wilson
European Parliament
Bairbre de Brún * Diane Dodds * Jim Nicholson



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