Brian Faulkner

The Lord Faulkner of Downpatrick
Chief Executive of Northern Ireland
In office
1 January 1974 – 28 May 1974
MonarchElizabeth II
DeputyGerry Fitt
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byOffice abolished
6th prime minister of Northern Ireland
In office
23 March 1971 – 30 March 1972
MonarchElizabeth II
GovernorThe Lord Grey of Naunton
Preceded byJames Chichester-Clark
Succeeded byOffice abolished
9th Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party
In office
31 March 1971 – 22 January 1974
Preceded byJames Chichester-Clark
Succeeded byHarry West
Minister of Home Affairs
In office
23 March 1971 – 30 March 1972
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byJames Chichester-Clark
Succeeded byOffice abolished
In office
15 December 1959 – 29 April 1963
Prime MinisterThe Viscount Brookeborough
Terence O'Neill
Preceded byGeorge Hanna
Succeeded byWalter Topping
Minister of Development
In office
3 May 1969 – 25 March 1971
Prime MinisterJames Chichester-Clark
Preceded byWilliam Long
Succeeded byRoy Bradford
Minister of Commerce
In office
25 March 1963 – 24 January 1969
Prime MinisterTerence O'Neill
Preceded byJack Andrews
Succeeded byRoy Bradford
Leader of the House of Commons
In office
1965 – 7 October 1966
Prime MinisterTerence O'Neill
Preceded byIvan Neill
Succeeded byJames Chichester-Clark
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
7 February 1977 – 3 March 1977
Life Peerage
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for South Down
In office
28 June 1973 – 28 May 1974
Preceded byNew constituency
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Member of the Northern Ireland Parliament
for East Down
In office
19 February 1949 – 30 March 1972
Preceded byAlexander Gordon
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Personal details
Born
Arthur Brian Deane Faulkner

(1921-02-18)18 February 1921
Helen's Bay, Ireland
Died3 March 1977(1977-03-03) (aged 56)
Saintfield, Northern Ireland
NationalityBritish
Political partyUUP (until 1974)
UPNI (1974–1977)
SpouseLucy Forsythe
Children3
EducationSt Columba's College
Alma materQueen's University Belfast (dropped out)

Arthur Brian Deane Faulkner, Baron Faulkner of Downpatrick, PC (18 February 1921 – 3 March 1977), was the sixth and last Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, from March 1971 until his resignation in March 1972. He was also the chief executive of the short-lived Northern Ireland Executive during the first half of 1974.

Faulkner was also the leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) from 1971 to 1974.