Robin Swann
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Robin Swann MLA |
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Robin Swann MLA
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| Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party | |
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Assumed office 8 April 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Mike Nesbitt |
| Ulster Unionist Chief Whip | |
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Assumed office 6 April 2012 |
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| Preceded by | John McAllister |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly for Antrim North | |
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Assumed office 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Coulter |
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24 September 1971 Kells, County Antrim, Northern Ireland |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Ulster Unionist Party |
| Spouse(s) | Jennifer Swann |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Kells, County Antrim |
| Alma mater | Open University |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
| Website | Robin Swann official website |
Robin Swann (born 24 September 1971) is a politician in Northern Ireland who has served as Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party since 2017. He was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2011 & was re-elected in the 2016 & 2017 Assembly Elections.
From the 6th April 2012, he served as Ulster Unionist Chief Whip a position he retained until he was elected (unchallenged) as Leader. During the short 2016 mandate he was Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee. which commenced the Inquiry into the RHI scandal.
He also served as Chairperson of the Employment and Learning Committee on 27 February 2013 a position he held until the Committee was dissolved on 30 April 2016.
He is North Antrim-born and bred, educated locally, he lives in the constituency with his wife, Jennifer, young daughter and baby son. Robin's son was born with a congenital heart defect, and while in Birmingham where the correctice procedure was performed, Robin recorded everything in a personal blog. He is an active member of Kells & Connor Community Association and has served as a Board member of the Volunteer Development Agency in Northern Ireland.
He has served as President and County Antrim Chairman of the Young Farmers' Clubs of Ulster. He has chaired the YFCU's National Executive and rural Affairs Committees and has been Chairman Rural Youth Europe organisation
Robin was educated at Kells & Connor Primary School, then attended Ballymena Academy class of 1990, before completing a BSc with the Open University, Certificate of Professional Management, Certificate of Mathematics.
Elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly 7 May 2011, he successfully defended it in the 2016 Assembly election and the snap election in March 2017, where he was the first unionist elected in North Antrim. Swann has expressed pro-life views and against abortion and human embryo experimentation and human cloning. [2].
Chairman of All Party Group on Congenital Heart Disease (30 Apr 2013 – present);
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