Oliver Napier

Sir Oliver Napier
Legal Minister and Head of the Office of Law Reform
In office
1 January 1974 – 28 May 1974
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
In office
1970–1972
Serving with Bob Cooper
Preceded byCreated
Succeeded byPhelim O'Neill
In office
1972–1984
Preceded byPhelim O'Neill
Succeeded byJohn Cushnahan
Personal details
Born(1935-07-11)11 July 1935
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Died2 July 2011(2011-07-02) (aged 75)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
NationalityBritish
Political partyAlliance
SpouseBriege Barnes
Children9
Alma materQueen's University Belfast
OccupationSolicitor

Sir Oliver Napier (11 July 1935 – 2 July 2011[1]) was the first leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland. In 1974 he served as the first and only Legal Minister and head of the Office of Legal Reform in the Northern Ireland power-sharing executive set up by the Sunningdale Agreement.[2]

  1. ^ "Former Alliance leader Sir Oliver Napier dies". BBC News. 2 July 2011. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  2. ^ "CAIN: Events: Sunningdale – Members of the 1974 Executive". cain.ulster.ac.uk.