Executive of the 4th Northern Ireland Assembly

Executive of the 4th Northern Ireland Assembly
3rd Executive of Northern Ireland
Incumbent
Date formed	16 May 2011
Date dissolved	6 May 2016
People and organisations
Head of state	Elizabeth II
Head of government	Peter Robinson (2011–15, Oct. 2015–Jan.2016) Arlene Foster (Sep.–Oct. 2015, Jan. 2016–)
Deputy head of government	Martin McGuinness (May–Sep. 2011; Oct. 2011–) John O'Dowd (Sep.–Oct. 2011)
No. of ministers	11
Member party	DUP Sinn Féin UUP (2011–15)[1] SDLP Alliance
Status in legislature	Power–Sharing Coalition 105 / 108 (97%) (2011-15) 89 / 108 (82%) (2015-16)
History
Election	2011 assembly election
Legislature term	4th Assembly
Predecessor	Executive of the 3rd Assembly
Successor	Executive of the 5th Assembly

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The Third Executive (16 May 2011 – 6 May 2016) was, under the terms of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, a power-sharing coalition.

Following the 5 May 2011 elections to the fourth Northern Ireland Assembly the Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Féin remained the two largest parties in the Assembly.^[2] The Assembly finished selecting an executive on Monday 16 May 2011.