Edwin Poots
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| Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety | |
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In office 6 May 2011 – 23 September 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Michael McGimpsey |
| Succeeded by | Jim Wells |
| Minister of the Environment | |
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In office 1 July 2009 – 6 May 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Sammy Wilson |
| Succeeded by | Alex Attwood |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly for Lagan Valley |
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Assumed office 25 June 1998 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency created |
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27 May 1965 Lisburn, Northern Ireland |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Spouse(s) | Glynis Poots |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | College of Agriculture |
| Occupation | Farmer |
| Website | Edwin Poots MLA |
Edwin Poots (born 27 April 1965) is a Northern Ireland politician. He is a member of the Democratic Unionist Party and is a Member of the Legislative Assembly for Lagan Valley.
Poots was educated at the Wallace High School, Lisburn, and then studied at Greenmount Agricultural College. He is married with four children. He is a farmer and previously served on Lisburn City Council. His father, Charles Poots, was also a DUP politician, having stood in the 1969 Northern Ireland General Election for the Protestant Unionist Party.
Poots was a member of the Environment Committee and chaired the Committee of the Centre (Committee for the Office of the First and Deputy First Minister) in the 1998-2003 Assembly. On 8 May 2007, he was appointed Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure in the Northern Ireland Executive, a post he held until 9 June 2008, when a cabinet re-shuffle saw this post being reassigned to Gregory Campbell. He was subsequently made Deputy Mayor of Lisburn on 23 June 2008.
On 1 July 2009, Poots was returned to the Executive as Minister of the Environment, in charge of the Department of the Environment. In May 2011, he was appointed as Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety.
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