Naomi Long | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2016 | |
| Minister of Justice | |
| Assumed office 3 February 2024 | |
| First Minister | Michelle O'Neill |
| Preceded by | Herself (2022) |
| In office 11 January 2020 – 27 October 2022 | |
| First Minister | Arlene Foster Paul Givan Vacant |
| Preceded by | Claire Sugden |
| Succeeded by | Herself (2024) |
| Leader of the Alliance Party | |
| Assumed office 26 October 2016 | |
| Deputy | Stephen Farry Eóin Tennyson |
| Preceded by | David Ford |
| Deputy Leader of the Alliance Party | |
| In office 18 February 2006 – 26 October 2016 | |
| Leader | David Ford |
| Preceded by | Eileen Bell |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Farry |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly for Belfast East | |
| Assumed office 9 January 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Máire Hendron |
| In office 5 May 2016 – 1 July 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Judith Cochrane |
| Succeeded by | Máire Hendron |
| In office 26 November 2003 – 5 July 2010 | |
| Preceded by | John Alderdice |
| Succeeded by | Chris Lyttle |
| Member of the European Parliament for Northern Ireland | |
| In office 2 July 2019[1][2] – 31 January 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Jim Nicholson |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Member of Parliament for Belfast East | |
| In office 6 May 2010 – 30 March 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Peter Robinson |
| Succeeded by | Gavin Robinson |
| 66th Lord Mayor of Belfast | |
| In office 1 June 2009 – 1 June 2010 | |
| Deputy | Danny Lavery |
| Preceded by | Tom Hartley |
| Succeeded by | Pat Convery |
| Member of the Belfast City Council for Victoria Ward | |
| In office 7 June 2001 – 26 August 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Danny Dow |
| Succeeded by | Laura McNamee |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Naomi Rachel Johnston 13 December 1971 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Political party | Alliance |
| Spouse | [3] |
| Relations | Adrian Long (father-in-law) |
| Alma mater | Queen's University Belfast |
| Awards | BBC 100 Women (2022)[4] |
Naomi Rachel Long MLA (née Johnston; born 13 December 1971) is a Northern Irish politician who has served as Minister of Justice in the Northern Ireland Executive since February 2024,[5] having previously served from January 2020 to October 2022. She has served as leader of the Alliance Party since 2016 and a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Belfast East since 2020.
Long served as Lord Mayor of Belfast from 2009 to 2010 and represented Belfast East in the Northern Ireland Assembly from 2003 to 2010. She resigned as an MLA after being elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Belfast East at the 2010 general election. She served for one parliamentary term and lost her seat to the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) at the 2015 general election. She returned to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2016, before resigning for a second time after being elected as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Northern Ireland in 2019. After the United Kingdom left the European Union in 2020, Long returned as an MLA and was appointed Minister of Justice in the Northern Ireland Executive.
- ^ "Key dates ahead". European Parliament. 20 May 2017. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ "Key dates ahead". BBC News. 22 May 2017. Archived from the original on 26 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ Naomi Long MLA [@naomi_long] (26 September 2020). "So, not the Silver Wedding anniversary we planned" (Tweet). Retrieved 18 May 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ "BBC 100 Women 2022: Who is on the list this year?". BBC News. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ^ "Stormont: Michelle O'Neill makes history as nationalist first minister". BBC News. 3 February 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2024.