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Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party
Incumbent
Doug Beattie MLA
since 17 May 2021
AppointerElected by party
Inaugural holderEdward James Saunderson
Formation1905

The leader of the Ulster Unionist Party is the most senior position within the party ranks. Since 2021 the leader has been Doug Beattie MLA.[1]

List

No. Image Name Term start Term end Notes
1 Colonel Edward Saunderson 1905 1906 Also leader of the Irish Unionist Parliamentary Party
2 Walter Hume Long 1906 1910 Also leader of the Irish Unionist Parliamentary Party
3 Sir Edward Carson 1910 1921 Also leader of the Irish Unionist Parliamentary Party
4 The Viscount Craigavon 1921 1940 1st Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
5 John Miller Andrews 1940 1946 2nd Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
6 The Viscount Brookeborough 1946 1963 3rd Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
7 Captain Terence O'Neill 1963 1969 4th Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
8 James Chichester-Clark 1969 1971 5th Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
9 Brian Faulkner 1971 1974 6th and final Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
10 Harry West 1974 1979
11 James Molyneaux 1979 1995
12 David Trimble 1995 2005 First Minister of Northern Ireland
13 Sir Reg Empey 2005 2010
14 Tom Elliott 2010 2012
15 Mike Nesbitt 2012 2017 Leader of the Opposition
16 Robin Swann 8 March 2017 9 Nov 2019
17 Steve Aiken 9 Nov 2019 27 May 2021
18 Doug Beattie 27 May 2021

See also

References

  1. ^ "Doug Beattie is elected new leader of Ulster Unionist Party" Archived 17 May 2021 at the Wayback Machine BBC News, 17 May 2021, accessed 17 May 2021
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