List of Northern Ireland Executives

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!colspan="2"|Deputy

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|rowspan="4"|1998–2002

|rowspan="4"|1st

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|rowspan="4"|David Trimble

!rowspan="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |

|rowspan="2"|Seamus Mallon

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|UUP (4)

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|SDLP (4)

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|rowspan="2"|Mark Durkan

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|DUP (2)

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|SF (2)

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!Term

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!colspan="2"|First Minister

!colspan="2"|Deputy

!colspan="2"|Parties (Ministries)

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|2003–2007

|Suspended

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|vacant

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|vacant

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|none

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!Term

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!colspan="2"|First Minister

!colspan="2"|Deputy

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|rowspan="5"|2007–2011

|rowspan="5"|2nd

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|rowspan="2"|Ian Paisley

!rowspan="5" style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

|rowspan="5"|Martin McGuinness

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|DUP (5)

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! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

|SF (4)

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|rowspan="3"|Peter Robinson

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|UUP (2)

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|SDLP (1)

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! style="background-color: {{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" |

|APNI (1)

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!Term

!style="width: 90px"|Executive

!colspan="2"|First Minister

!colspan="2"|Deputy

!colspan="2"|Parties (Ministries)

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|rowspan="5"|2011–2016

|rowspan="5"|3rd

!rowspan="5" style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

|rowspan="4"| Peter Robinson{{Cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0512/nielection.html|title=Robinson, McGuinness re-appointed to NI posts|last=|first=|date=12 May 2011|website=RTÉ|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=13 Feb 2020}}

!rowspan="5" style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

|rowspan="5"| Martin McGuinness

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|DUP (5 until 2015, 6 from 2015){{refn|name=UUP2015|group=nb|The UUP served in the Third Executive from 2011–2015, occupying one seat. The party withdrew from the Executive in October 2015, with the DUP taking over their vacant seat.}}

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|SF (4)

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! style="background-color: {{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" |

|APNI (2)

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|SDLP (1)

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|rowspan="1"| Arlene Foster

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|UUP (1 until 2015){{refn|name=UUP2015|group=nb}}

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!Term

!style="width: 90px"|Executive

!colspan="2"|First Minister

!colspan="2"|Deputy

! colspan="2" |Parties (Ministries)

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|rowspan="3"|2016–2017

|rowspan="3"|4th

!rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

|rowspan="3"| Arlene Foster

!rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

|rowspan="3"| Martin McGuinness

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|DUP (5)

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|SF (4)

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|Independent (1){{refn|name=Justice2016|group=nb|The Minister of Justice is not allocated through the D'Hondt mechanism because it is a contentious position. It was offered to Claire Sugden, an independent politician, who accepted the role and she was elected on a cross-community vote in the Northern Ireland Assembly. All other positions in the Executive are allocated through the D'Hondt mechanism.}}

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!Term

!style="width: 90px"|Executive

!colspan="2"|First Minister

!colspan="2"|Deputy

!colspan="2"|Parties (Ministries)

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|rowspan="5"|2020{{refn|name=2017to2020|group=nb|While MLAs were elected in 2017, the Executive was not established until 2020 due to disagreements between parties in the aftermath of the Renewable Heat Incentive scandal.}}–2022

|rowspan="5"|5th

!rowspan="5" style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

| rowspan="3" | Arlene Foster

!rowspan="5" style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

|rowspan="5"| Michelle O'Neill

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|DUP (4)

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|SF (3)

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! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |

|SDLP (1)

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| rowspan="2" |Paul Givan

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|UUP (1)

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! style="background-color: {{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" |

|APNI (1){{refn|name=Justice2017|group=nb|The Minister of Justice is not allocated through the D'Hondt mechanism because it is a contentious position. It was offered to Naomi Long, the leader of the Alliance Party, who accepted the role and she was elected on a cross-community vote in the Northern Ireland Assembly. All other positions in the Executive are allocated through the D'Hondt mechanism.}}

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!Term

!style="width: 90px"|Executive

!colspan="2"|First Minister

!colspan="2"|Deputy

!colspan="2"|Parties (Ministries)

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| rowspan="4" |2024–present

| rowspan="4" |6th

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| rowspan="4" |Michelle O'Neill

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| rowspan="4" |Emma Little-Pengelly

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|SF (4)

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! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

|DUP (3)

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! style="background-color: {{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" |

|APNI (2){{refn|name=Justice2017|group=nb|The Minister of Justice is not allocated through the D'Hondt mechanism because it is a contentious position. It was offered to Naomi Long, the leader of the Alliance Party, who accepted the role and she was elected on a cross-community vote in the Northern Ireland Assembly. All other positions in the Executive are allocated through the D'Hondt mechanism.}}

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|UUP (1)

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