Ian Paisley, Jr.
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The Honourable Ian Paisley Jr. MP |
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| Junior Minister at the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister | |
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In office 8 May 2007 – 26 February 2008 Serving with Gerry Kelly |
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| Preceded by | James Leslie |
| Succeeded by | Jeffrey Donaldson |
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Member of Parliament for North Antrim |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Ian Paisley |
| Majority | 11,546 (27.3%) |
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Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for North Antrim |
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In office 25 June 1998 – 21 June 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Succeeded by | Paul Frew |
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Ian Richard Kyle Paisley Jr. 12 December 1966 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Spouse(s) | Fiona Paisley |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Queen's University Belfast |
| Religion | Free Presbyterian |
| Website | Ian Paisley Junior |
Ian Richard Kyle Paisley Jr.MP (born 12 December 1966) is the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Antrim, in office since 2010. Previously he was a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for North Antrim from 1998 to 2010. Paisley, who is a member of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), is the son of the DUP's founder, Ian Paisley.
In 1990, he married Fiona, and they have four children. He is a member of the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster.
Born in Belfast in 1966, Paisley is the youngest child of the Reverend Ian Paisley and his wife Eileen Paisley. He was brought up in a large detached house on Cyprus Avenue, Belfast with his three elder sisters, Sharon, Rhonda and Cherith, and his twin brother, Kyle. Being the younger of the twins, he was named after his father who was the younger of two brothers. He regularly attended the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster where his father preached since he was a small child. In August 2007 he was the subject of the third episode of the BBC Radio 4 series The House I Grew Up In, in which he talked about a happy childhood and secure family life, despite the Troubles.
After leaving primary school, he was educated at Shaftesbury House College, and then in the sixth form at Methodist College Belfast, before gaining admission to the Queen's University of Belfast. At university, he read Modern History and Irish Politics, and gained a BA (Hons) and MSSc respectively. After finishing his post-graduate studies, he worked for his father as a political researcher and parliamentary aide.
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