Jim Rodgers (politician)

Jim Rodgers
Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party on Belfast City Council
Assumed office
2 May 2019
LeaderRobin Swann
Steve Aiken
Doug Beattie
Preceded byDavid Browne
64th Lord Mayor of Belfast
In office
1 June 2007 – 1 June 2008
DeputyDavid Browne
Preceded byPat McCarthy
Succeeded byTom Hartley
58th Lord Mayor of Belfast
In office
1 June 2001 – 1 June 2002
DeputyHugh Smyth
Preceded bySammy Wilson
Succeeded byAlex Maskey
Member of
Belfast City Council
Assumed office
22 May 2014
Preceded byDistrict created
ConstituencyOrmiston
In office
19 May 1993 – 22 May 2014
Preceded byAlan Montgomery
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
ConstituencyVictoria
Member of the Northern Ireland Forum
for Belfast East
In office
30 May 1996 – 25 April 1998
Personal details
Born06 Jan 1943
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Political partyUlster Unionist Party
Other political
affiliations
Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party (1973)

Jim Rodgers OBE (b.1943) is a Northern Irish unionist politician who was Lord Mayor of Belfast from 2001 to 2002, and again from 2007 to 2008. Rodgers also served as the High Sheriff of Belfast from 2016 to 2017. A member of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), he has been a Belfast City Councillor for the Ormiston (formerly Victoria) DEA since 1993. Additionally, Rodgers is an appointed Alderman on the council.