Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party

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Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party
Mike Nesbitt 2024.jpg
Incumbent
Mike Nesbitt MLA
since 30 August 2024
AppointerElected by party
Inaugural holder Edward James Saunderson
Formation1905

The leader of the Ulster Unionist Party is the most senior position within the party ranks. Since 2024 the leader has been Mike Nesbitt MLA. [1]

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No.ImageNameTerm startTerm endNotes
1 Photograph of Colonel Edward James Saunderson MP 2.png Colonel Edward Saunderson 19051906Also leader of the Irish Unionist Parliamentary Party
2 Walter Hume Long, 1st Viscount Long portrait.jpg Walter Hume Long 19061910Also leader of the Irish Unionist Parliamentary Party
3 Sir Edward Carson, bw photo portrait seated.jpg Sir Edward Carson 19101921Also leader of the Irish Unionist Parliamentary Party
4 James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon.jpg The Viscount Craigavon 192119401st Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
5 John Millers Andrews (cropped).png John Miller Andrews 194019462nd Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
6 Sir Basil Brooke, 10 February 1941.png The Viscount Brookeborough 194619633rd Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
7 Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. Captain Rt. Hon. Terence O'Neill 1966 (cropped).png Captain Terence O'Neill 196319694th Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
8 James Chichester-Clark 1970.jpg James Chichester-Clark 196919715th Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
9 Brian Faulkner (cropped).jpg Brian Faulkner 197119746th and final Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
10 Harry West, 1971.tif Harry West 19741979
11 James Molyneaux 19791995
12 David Trimble.jpg David Trimble 19952005 First Minister of Northern Ireland
13 Official portrait of Lord Empey crop 2, 2019.jpg Sir Reg Empey 20052010
14 Tom Elliott.png Tom Elliott 20102012
15 Mike nesbitt.JPG Mike Nesbitt 20122017 Leader of the Opposition
16 Robin Swann 2020.jpg Robin Swann 8 March 20179 Nov 2019
17 Steve Aiken (2020).png Steve Aiken 9 Nov 201927 May 2021
18 Doug Beattie.png Doug Beattie 27 May 202130 August 2024
19 Mike Nesbitt 2024.jpg Mike Nesbitt 30 August 2024 Minister of Health

See also

References

  1. "Mike Nesbitt to be new UUP leader". RTÉ.ie . 30 August 2024.