David McIlveen
| David McIlveen | |
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| Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for North Antrim |
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In office May 2011 – May 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Ian Paisley |
| Succeeded by | Phillip Logan |
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| Born | 11 February 1981 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Religion | Free Presbyterian |
David McIlveen (born 11 February 1981) is a Democratic Unionist Party politician in Northern Ireland who was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly for the North Antrim constituency in 2011.
He is the son of Rev. David McIlveen, a well-known minister in the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster who has been a leading figure in that church's campaigns against homosexuality and has since retired.
After welcoming the release of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, he made remarks to The Newsletter insinuating Palestinian prisoners were better treated than Israelis. Timothy Houston of Queen's University Belfast's Palestine Solidarity Society published an open letter accusing McIlveen of bias and over-looking human rights abuses. David McIlveen claims "close ties with Israel" following boyhood visits with his father, and is due to visit the region with leading Unionists in 2013.
As at August 2015, he is a Political Member of the Northern Ireland Policing Board.
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