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David Trimble and Ian Paisley have been the First Minister of Northern Ireland. The position is now held by Peter Robinson.
A First Minister is the head of the government or executive (in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland).
The first minister is Peter Robinson, leader of the DUP (Democratic Unionists Party).
Northern Ireland has a devolved government, as does Scotland and wales and the city of London. This means they make their own laws on things like education, health, environment etc. There are reserved matters which they may not make laws for, these are things like immigration, tax, nationality, defence etc. These are created by parliament. England does not have a devolved government, all its laws come straight from parliament. The whole of the UK elects members to Parliament every 4 years in a general election which can be called at anytime within the 4 year period by the prime minister. The party with the largest number of votes from the UK gets to form the government of the united kingdom. It is currently the labour party with Gordon Brown as its leader. Each of the devolved governments have a First Minister, kind of like a prime minister, except for northern Ireland which as two. The First Minister and Deputy First Minister. this is because 45% of people in Ni are Irish and 55% are British. The British want to stay with the UK, the Irish want Ni to join the republic and the island to be one country separate from the UK. One party cannot be in overall power in Ni as is the case of most governments around the world. If a unionist party were in power, they would make British laws which the Irish would not like and visa verse, so they share power. Department of Environment- Run by Unionist party Department of Education- Run by Irish National party etc etc
England does not have a president and never has. The leader of the government is the Prime Minister and that person is Prime Minister of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - England is a part of but not the same as The United Kingdom. The first UK Prime Minister was Sir Robert Walpole who served from 1721 to 1742.
Gordon Brown. But the Northern Ireland has some control. The First Minister is Peter Robinson, DUP, and The Deputy First Minister is Martin McGuinness, Sinn Fein.
Martin Mc Guinness is the deputy first minister and he is of the Sinn Fein party
In the Northern Ireland Assembly, the First Minister is Peter Robinson, DUP and the Deputy First Minister is Martin McGuinness, Sinn Fein. Although, the leader of Sinn Fein is Gerry Adams.
Northern Ireland doesn't have a prime minister, it has a first minister. The current first minister is Peter Robinson, the leader of The Democratic Unionist Party. The deputy first minister is Martin McGuinness of Sinn Fein, ( there should be an acute over the 'e').
Currently (March 2012) Peter Robinson is the First Minister and Martin McGuinness is the Deputy First Minister.
As of the start of January 2017, the First Minister of Northern Ireland is Arlene Foster, leader of the DUP (Democratic Unionists Party), along with the Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness of Sinn Féin.
The title "First Minister" is used in Northern Ireland. This office is current held (4th February 2010) by Peter Robinson, with the Deputy First Minister being Martin McGuinness. In the Republic of Ireland the head of government is known as the Taoiseach. The current Taoiseach is Brian Cowen.
Northern Ireland does not have a president.
Duties include dealing with and co-ordinating the work of the Executive Committee and the response of the Northern Ireland administration to external relationships. For all meetings of the Executive Committee the First Minister and deputy First Minister will be co-chairmen.
David Trimble and Ian Paisley have been the First Minister of Northern Ireland. The position is now held by Peter Robinson.
A First Minister is the head of the government or executive (in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland).
Peter Robinson: First Minister of Northern Ireland