Executive of the 4th Northern Ireland Assembly

Executive of the 4th Northern Ireland Assembly
3rd Executive of Northern Ireland
Incumbent
Date formed16 May 2011
Date dissolved6 May 2016
People and organisations
Head of stateElizabeth II
Head of governmentPeter Robinson (2011–15, Oct. 2015–Jan.2016)
Arlene Foster (Sep.–Oct. 2015, Jan. 2016–)
Deputy head of governmentMartin McGuinness (May–Sep. 2011; Oct. 2011–)
John O'Dowd (Sep.–Oct. 2011)
No. of ministers11
Member partyDUP
Sinn Féin
UUP (2011–15)[1]
SDLP
Alliance
Status in legislature
  • 105 / 108 (97%)
    (2011-15)
  • 89 / 108 (82%)
    (2015-16)
History
Election2011 assembly election
Legislature term4th Assembly
PredecessorExecutive of the 3rd Assembly
SuccessorExecutive of the 5th Assembly

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.

  1. ^ McDonald, Henry (26 August 2015). "UUP to leave Northern Ireland's power-sharing executive | Northern Ireland". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Northern Ireland Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). niassembly.gov.uk. 17 May 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2024.