Nigel Dodds
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The Right Honourable Nigel Dodds OBE MP |
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Member of Parliament for Belfast North |
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Assumed office 7 June 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Cecil Walker |
| Majority | 5,326 (13.1%) |
| Deputy Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party and Party Leader in House of Commons | |
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Assumed office 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Robinson |
| Minister of Finance and Personnel | |
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In office June 2008 – June 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Robinson |
| Succeeded by | Sammy Wilson |
| Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment | |
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In office 8 May 2007 – June 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Reg Empey |
| Succeeded by | Arlene Foster |
| Minister for Social Development | |
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In office 2001 – October 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Maurice Morrow |
| Succeeded by | Margaret Ritchie |
| Minister for Social Development | |
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In office December 1999 – 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Office created |
| Succeeded by | Maurice Morrow |
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Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Belfast North |
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In office 25 June 1998 – 10 September 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Office created |
| Succeeded by | William Humphrey |
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20 August 1958 Derry, Northern Ireland |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Spouse(s) | Diane Dodds |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge, Queen's University Belfast |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Barrister |
| Religion | Free Presbyterian |
| Website | Official Site |
Nigel Alexander Dodds, OBE, MP (born 20 August 1958) is a Northern Irish barrister and unionist politician. He is Member of Parliament (MP) for Belfast North, and deputy leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). He has been Lord Mayor of Belfast twice, and from 1993 has been General Secretary of the DUP.
Since June 2008 he has also been Deputy Leader of the DUP. Dodds became North Belfast's MP in the 2001 UK general elections. He has served in the past as a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and as Minister of Finance in the Northern Ireland Executive.
Nigel Dodds was born in Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. He was educated at Portora Royal School, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, and studied Law at St John's College, Cambridge, from which he graduated with a first-class degree, and where he won the university scholarship, McMahan studentship and Winfield Prize for Law. Upon graduation, he returned to Northern Ireland and, after studying at the Institute of Professional Legal Studies at Queen's University, Belfast (IPLS), was called to the Northern Irish bar. After working as a barrister, he worked at the Secretariat of the European Parliament from 1984-96.
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