Executive of the 6th Northern Ireland Assembly information
Northern Ireland Executive (2020–2022)
Executive of the 6th Northern Ireland Assembly
5th Executive of Northern Ireland
January 2020 – February 2022
First Ministers Foster and Givan; deputy First Minister O'Neill
Date formed
11 January 2020
Date dissolved
4 February 2022
People and organisations
Head of state
Elizabeth II
Co-heads of government
Arlene Foster; Paul Givan (First Ministers) Michelle O'Neill (deputy First Minister)
No. of ministers
10 (+ 2 junior ministers)
Member party
DUP Sinn Féin SDLP UUP Alliance
Status in legislature
Power–sharing coalition
85 / 90 (94%)
History
Election
2017 assembly election
Legislature term
6th Assembly
Predecessor
Executive of the 5th Assembly
Successor
Executive of the 7th Assembly
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The Executive of the 6th Northern Ireland Assembly was appointed on 11 January 2020, after the confirmation of Arlene Foster and Michelle O'Neill as First and deputy First Minister.
Following the 2 March 2017 elections to the sixth Northern Ireland Assembly, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Sinn Féin remained the two largest parties in the Assembly. Parties in Northern Ireland that were eligible to join the Northern Ireland Executive were given a deadline of 27 March 2017 to form an Executive. The deadline passed and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland James Brokenshire passed an emergency law at Westminster to allow more time for talks to take place. Brokenshire threatened direct rule if no agreement was reached by early May 2017. This deadline was later extended to 29 June after Prime Minister, Theresa May's decision to call a snap general election for 8 June 2017.
On 29 June 2017, the DUP and Sinn Féin had both announced that they had not come to an agreement to form the next Northern Ireland Executive. Brokenshire extended the deadline until 3 July 2017 for further talks to continue. Abortive talks continued intermittently through 2017, 2018 and 2019 but were overshadowed by the UK Brexit Withdrawal Agreement and the DUP role in supporting the minority British Government. Intensive talks resumed in December 2019 following the 2019 UK General Election with a new deadline of 13 January 2020 for fresh assembly elections set by Secretary of State Julian Smith. An agreement was published by the two governments on 9 January 2020 and it was accepted by the leading parties.
The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) and Alliance Party of Northern Ireland returned to the Executive, having been absent since 2016; Alliance's Naomi Long obtained the cross-community vote to become Minister for Justice.[1]
The 2024 Northern Ireland Executive Formation will restore power-sharing at Stormont.[2]
^McDonald, Henry (11 January 2020). "Northern Ireland assembly reopens three years after collapse". The Guardian.
^"Northern Ireland's deadlock loosens as DUP signals readiness to return to Stormont". IrishCentral.com. 29 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
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