Paul Frew | |
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| Frew in 2024 | |
| Minister for the Economy | |
| In office 14 June 2021 –6 July 2021 | |
| Preceded by | The Lady Dodds of Duncairn |
| Succeeded by | Gordon Lyons |
| Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for North Antrim | |
| Assumed office 21 June 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Ian Paisley,Jr |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 September 1974 Kells,Northern Ireland |
| Political party | DUP |
Paul Frew (born 20 September 1974) is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician who served as Minister for the Economy from June to July 2021. He has been a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for North Antrim since 2010. Frew is the DUP's Tourism and Hospitality Spokesperson. [1]
Frew was previously a Ballymena Borough Councillor for the Braid DEA from 2005 to 2014.
A native of Kells,he is an electrician by trade and did not go to third-level education,commenting in one interview "my university was the building sites of Belfast". [2]
He served in the Royal Irish Regiment. [3]
Frew joined the DUP in 2000,and was elected at the 2005 local elections to Ballymena Borough Council,representing the Braid District.
In 2010,he replaced Ian Paisley,Jr as a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for North Antrim. [4]
He plays the spoons. [2]