Dame Brenda King | |
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| Attorney General for Northern Ireland | |
| Assumed office 18 August 2020 | |
| First Minister | Arlene Foster Paul Givan Michelle O'Neill |
| Deputy First Minister | Michelle O'Neill Emma Little-Pengelly |
| Preceded by | John Larkin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Brenda Mary King June 13, 1964 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Political party | none |
| Spouse | James Sullivan |
| Alma mater | Queen's University Belfast University of South Carolina University of Cambridge |
| Profession | Solicitor Parliamentary Counsel Diplomat |
Dame Brenda Mary King, Mrs Sullivan DCB (born 13 June 1964, in Belfast) is the Attorney General for Northern Ireland. Prior to her appointment in 2020, Ms King was First Legislative Counsel in Executive Office, leading the specialist office responsible for the drafting of Northern Ireland Assembly Bills.
She is the second, and second successive holder of the office not to be a politician sitting in either the Parliament of Northern Ireland, at Stormont, or the UK Parliament and the first to be appointed directly from the Civil Service.