Leaders of the Ulster Unionist Party

Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party

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Incumbent
Mike Nesbitt MLA
since 31 March 2012
Appointer Elected by Party
Inaugural holder Colonel Saunderson
Formation 1905

The Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party is the most senior position within the party ranks. Since 2012 the leader has been former journalist Mike Nesbitt MLA.[1]

List

No. Image Name Term start Term end Notes
1 Colonel Saunderson 1905 1906 Also leader of the Irish Unionist Parliamentary Party
2 Viscount Long 1906 1910 Also leader of the Irish Unionist Parliamentary Party
3 Baron Carson 1910 1921 Also leader of the Irish Unionist Parliamentary Party
4 Viscount Craigavon 1921 1940 1st Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
5 John Miller Andrews 1940 1946 2nd Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
6 Viscount Brookeborough 1946 1963 3rd Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
7 Captain Terence O'Neill 1963 1969 4th Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
8 James Chichester-Clark 1969 1971 5th Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
9 Brian Faulkner 1971 1974 6th and final Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
10 Harry West 1974 1979
11 James Molyneaux 1979 1995
12 David Trimble 1995 2005 First Minister of Northern Ireland
13 Sir Reg Empey 2005 2010
14 Tom Elliott 2010 2012
15 Mike Nesbitt 2012 Incumbent

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Mike Nesbitt is new Ulster Unionist leader". BBC. 31 March 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2012.