Carál Ní Chuilín
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Carál Ní Chuilín MLA |
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| Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Belfast North |
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Assumed office 7 March 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Kathy Stanton |
| Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure | |
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In office 5 May 2011 – 6 May 2016 |
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| First Minister |
Peter Robinson Arlene Foster |
| Deputy First Minister |
Martin McGuinness John O'Dowd (Acting) |
| Preceded by | Nelson McCausland |
| Succeeded by | abolished |
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Caroline Cullen 18 December 1964 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Sinn Féin |
| Spouse(s) | Gerard Magee |
| Residence | New Lodge, Northern Ireland |
| Alma mater |
Open University Queen's University Belfast |
| Website | Carál Ní Chuilín MLA |
Carál Ní Chuilín MLA ([kaˈɾˠaːl̪ˠ nʲiː ˈxɪlʲiːnʲ]; born Caroline Cullen, 18 December 1964) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician and former Provisional IRA member. She has been a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Belfast North since 2007 and served in the Northern Ireland Executive as Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure until 2016.
Ní Chuilín was born and raised in the New Lodge area of Belfast. She graduated from the Open University in 1994 with a BSc in Social Studies after completing a degree which she began whilst in prison. She later received a master's degree in Management from Queen's University Belfast.
Ní Chuilín was an active volunteer in the IRA. In 1989, she was arrested after trying to place a booby-trap bomb under the gates of Crumlin Royal Ulster Constabulary station. At Belfast Crown Court the following year, she was convicted of firearm possession, possession of explosives with the intent to endanger life, and attempted murder. Ní Chuilín was sentenced to eight years in prison, but she was released after four years. She worked for ten years as coordinator of Tar Anall, a project for republican ex-prisoners.
In 1999, Ní Chuilín was one of two founding directors of Coiste Na N-Iarchimi, a company described as "the umbrella organisation for republican ex-prisoner self-help groups throughout Ireland". The company was struck off in 2011 after failing to provide accounts, and Ní Chuilín resigned her position.
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