Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
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Máirtín Ó Muilleoir MLA |
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| Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Belfast South |
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Assumed office 22 October 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Alex Maskey |
| Minister for Finance | |
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In office 12 May 2016 – 26 January 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Mervyn Storey |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| 58th Lord Mayor of Belfast | |
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In office 2 June 2013 – 2 June 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Gavin Robinson |
| Succeeded by | Nichola Mallon |
| Councillor on Belfast City Council | |
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In office 2011–2014 |
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| Constituency | Balmoral |
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Martin Millar 1 January 1959 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Sinn Féin |
| Spouse(s) | Helen O'Hare |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Queen's University Belfast |
| Profession | Publisher, businessman |
Máirtín Ó Muilleoir MLA ([ˈmˠaːɾʲtʲiːnʲ oː ˈmˠiːlʲoːɾʲ] born Martin Millar; 1959) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician, author, publisher and businessman, who served as the 58th Lord Mayor of Belfast (2013–14). One sibling is writer, blogger and Huffington Post columnist Adrian Millar. and another is journalist and editor Gerry Millar/Gearóid Ó Muilleoir of The Belfast Telegraph.
Ó Muilleoir was educated at St. Mary's Christian Brothers (a Roman Catholic grammar school) and at Queen's University Belfast.
In 1997, Ó Muilleoir became part-owner of the Andersonstown News, which subsequently purchased the New York-based Irish Echo. A fluent Irish speaker, he has interests in other Irish and American businesses. He served as a temporary director of Northern Ireland Water.
Ó Muilleoir entered politics in 1985, when he stood as a Sinn Féin candidate for the Upper Falls area and narrowly missed out on being elected.
When Pip Glendinning of the Alliance Party resigned her seat two years later due to the birth of the Glendinning's baby daughter, Ó Muilleoir won the resulting by-election in October 1987. During his time on the council, he initiated a number of legal actions over what he claimed was discrimination by the Unionist-dominated council, detailing these experiences in his book, The Dome of Delight.
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