Andrew Muir (politician)

Andrew Muir
Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Assumed office
3 February 2024
First MinisterMichelle O'Neill
Preceded byEdwin Poots (2022)
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for North Down
Assumed office
23 December 2019
Preceded byStephen Farry
Personal details
Born
Andrew David Muir

(1976-07-09) 9 July 1976 (age 48)
Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland
Political partyAlliance
Alma materUniversity of Ulster
OccupationPolitician
Websitehttp://www.andrewmuir.net/

Andrew Muir (born 9 July 1976) is a Northern Irish politician who has served as Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs since February 2024. He is an Alliance Party Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for North Down.[1] He was appointed as an MLA following incumbent Alliance MLA Stephen Farry's election as MP for North Down in the 2019 UK general election,[2] and elected in the constituency in the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election.[3]

  1. ^ "Andrew Muir selected as Alliance Party's new North Down MLA". Belfast Telegraph. 18 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Alliance selects Andrew Muir as North Down MLA". Alliance Party. 18 December 2019. Archived from the original on 31 March 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  3. ^ "North Down result - Northern Ireland Assembly Elections 2022". BBC News. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.