Potential contenders for new Northern Ireland first minister
3 years, 8 months ago

Potential contenders for new Northern Ireland first minister

The Independent  

Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Northern Ireland s Democratic Unionist Party is looking for a new leader following First Minister Arlene Foster s announcement that she will be standing down after nearly 5 1/2 years in the post. Following weeks of pressure related to her handling of Brexit and her perceived softening on social issues such as abortion and LGBT rights, Foster said she would step down as leader of the party on May 28 and as first minister of Northern Ireland at the end of June. The party has provided three of the four first ministers to have run the devolved administration in Northern Ireland since the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 formalized power-sharing arrangements between those who want to remain in the U.K. and those who wish to see Northern Ireland become part of the Republic of Ireland. These are some potential contenders to succeed Foster: EDWIN POOTS Poots, 55, the current agriculture minister in the Northern Ireland assembly, is seen by many as the leading contender to replace Foster, partly because he takes a hardline stance on social issues that many DUP members think echo the party’s founder, Dr. Ian Paisley.

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