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  1. 1 2 3 As Interim Leader of the DUP from 29 March to 20 May 2024.

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Gavin Robinson
MP
Official portrait of Gavin Robinson MP crop 2.jpg
Official portrait, 2019
Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party
Assumed office
29 May 2024
Interim: 29 March 2024 – 29 May 2024
Civic offices
Preceded by Lord Mayor of Belfast
2012–2013
Succeeded by
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament
for Belfast East

2015–present
Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party
2024-present
Incumbent