Naomi Long
| Naomi Long | |
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| Leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | |
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Assumed office 26 October 2016 |
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| Preceded by | David Ford |
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Member of Parliament for Belfast East |
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In office 6 May 2010 – 30 March 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Robinson |
| Succeeded by | Gavin Robinson |
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Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Belfast East |
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In office 6 May 2016 – 26 January 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Judith Cochrane |
| Succeeded by | Election in progress |
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In office 26 November 2003 – 5 July 2010 |
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| Preceded by | John Alderdice |
| Succeeded by | Chris Lyttle |
| 54th Lord Mayor of Belfast | |
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In office June 2009 – June 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Tom Hartley |
| Succeeded by | Pat Convery |
| Personal details | |
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Naomi Rachel Johnston 13 December 1971 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Political party | Alliance |
| Spouse(s) | Michael Long |
| Alma mater | Queen's University Belfast |
| Profession | Engineer |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
| Website | Naomi Long's Website |
Naomi Rachel Long (née Johnston; born 13 December 1971) is a Northern Irish politician. She is a member of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland, currently its leader. She represented Belfast East in the United Kingdom House of Commons from 2010 to 2015, and previously represented the same constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. She served as the second elected female Lord Mayor of Belfast from 2009 to 2010.
Born in East Belfast, she attended Mersey Street Primary and Bloomfield Collegiate School. She graduated from Queen's University of Belfast with a degree in civil engineering in 1994, worked in a structural engineering consultancy for two years, held a research and training post at Queen's University for three years, and then went back into consultancy (environmental and hydraulic engineering) for four years. She is married to Michael Long, an Alliance councillor on Belfast City Council, and is a member of Bloomfield Presbyterian Church.
She first took political office in 2001 when she was elected to Belfast City Council for the Victoria ward. In 2003 Long was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly for Belfast East, succeeding her fellow party member John Alderdice. In 2006 she was named deputy leader of her party. In 2007 she more than doubled the party's vote in the constituency, being placed second ahead of the leader of the Ulster Unionist Party. The overall UUP vote, however, was 22%. At 18.8%, her vote share was higher than that for Alderdice in 1998.
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