Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness initiated the ministerial selection process on Monday Northern Ireland’s main parties have announced the names of the ministers in the new NI Assembly.
The DUP’s Edwin Poots will be health minister, Sammy Wilson will lead finance, Arlene Foster will be enterprise minister and Nelson McCausland social development minister.
Sinn Fein’s John O’Dowd takes on education, Michelle O’Neill agriculture and Caral Ni Chuilin, culture.
Alex Attwood, SDLP, is the new environment minister.
Ulster Unionist Danny Kennedy will be Minister for Regional Development.
Stephen Farry, Alliance Party, is the new minister for employment and learning.
Jonathon Bell, DUP, and Martina Anderson, Sinn Fein, are the two new junior ministers.
The DUP also announced that in two years’ time, Simon Hamilton will take on the finance portfolio, Nelson McCausland will switch to social development and Jim Wells will take over the health post.
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