Stephen Farry

Stephen Farry MLA
Minister for Employment and Learning
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 May 2011
First Minister	Peter Robinson Arlene Foster (Acting)
deputy First Minister	Martin McGuinness John O'Dowd (Acting)
Preceded by	Danny Kennedy
Assembly Member for North Down
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 March 2007
Preceded by	Eileen Bell
Personal details
Born	(1971-04-22) 22 April 1971 Newtownards, Northern Ireland
Political party	Alliance
Alma mater	Queen's University, Belfast
Portfolio	Minister for Employment and Learning
Website	Stephen Farry MLA

Stephen Farry MLA (born 22 April 1971) is an Alliance Party of Northern Ireland politician from Newtownards. He is Minister for Employment and Learning in the Northern Ireland Executive and a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly. He represents North Down for the Alliance Party.

Early career

Farry graduated from Queen's University, Belfast in 1992 with a BSSc in Politics and a PhD in International Relations in 2000. He was elected to the Assembly in the 2007 election for North Down, having first been elected to North Down Borough Council in 1993. He is a former General Secretary of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland. He was appointed an International Peace Scholar by the US Institute of Peace in 2005. In 2007, he became Mayor of North Down.

References

Party political offices
Preceded by Richard Good	General Secretary of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 2000–2007	Succeeded by Position abolished Next holder: Gerry Lynch
Northern Ireland Assembly
Preceded by Eileen Bell	MLA for Down North 2007 -	Succeeded by Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Alan Leslie	Mayor of North Down 2007–2008	Succeeded by Leslie Cree
Preceded by Danny Kennedy	Minister for Employment and Learning 2011 -	Succeeded by Incumbent