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Preceded by
  
Robert Coulter

Alma mater
  
Open University

Spouse
  
Jennifer Swann

Nationality
  
British

Religion
  
Presbyterian

Education
  
Open University

Name
  
Robin Swann

Party
  
Ulster Unionist Party

Children
  
2

Role
  
Politician


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Born
  
24 September 1971 (age 52) Kells, Northern Ireland (
1971-09-24
)

Residence
  
Kells, United Kingdom, County Antrim

Political party
  
Ulster Unionist Party

Robin swann


Robin Swann (born 24 September 1971) is a politician in Northern Ireland who has served as Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party since 2017. He was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2011 & was re-elected in the 2016 & 2017 Assembly Elections.

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From the 6th April 2012, he served as Ulster Unionist Chief Whip a position he retained until he was elected (unchallenged) as Leader. During the short 2016 mandate he was Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee. which commenced the Inquiry into the RHI scandal.

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He also served as Chairperson of the Employment and Learning Committee on 27 February 2013 a position he held until the Committee was dissolved on 30 April 2016.

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He is North Antrim-born and bred, educated locally, he lives in the constituency with his wife, Jennifer, young daughter and baby son. Robin's son was born with a congenital heart defect, and while in Birmingham where the correctice procedure was performed, Robin recorded everything in a personal blog. He is an active member of Kells & Connor Community Association and has served as a Board member of the Volunteer Development Agency in Northern Ireland.

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He has served as President and County Antrim Chairman of the Young Farmers' Clubs of Ulster. He has chaired the YFCU's National Executive and rural Affairs Committees and has been Chairman Rural Youth Europe organisation

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Education

Robin was educated at Kells & Connor Primary School, then attended Ballymena Academy class of 1990, before completing a BSc with the Open University, Certificate of Professional Management, Certificate of Mathematics.

Political Activity

Elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly 7 May 2011, he successfully defended it in the 2016 Assembly election and the snap election in March 2017, where he was the first unionist elected in North Antrim [2].

Current Positions

  • Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (2017 – present)
  • Chief Whip of the Ulster Unionist Party (2012 – present), & Ulster Unionist Member of the British Irish Parliamentary Assembly.
  • Chairman of North Antrim Association of the Ulster Unionist Party.

    • Chairman of All Party Group on Congenital Heart Disease (30 Apr 2013 – present);

    Previously held positions

  • During the 2011-16 Assembly mandate Robin held positions as the Chairman of the Employment and Learning Committee (27 Feb 2013 – 30 Apr 2016); Chairman of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Northern Ireland Assembly Branch, Deputy Chairperson of the Ad Hoc Committee on Conformity with Equality Requirements, Welfare Reform Bill. Ceased 29 January 2013.
  • Member of following Stormont Committees; Employment & Learning; Agriculture and Rural Development; Business Committee; Arts & Leisure; Office of the First and deputy First Minister; Assembly & Executive Review; Member of the Assembly Chairpersons Liaison Group - Chairperson 2013-14; Vice-Chair of the All Party Group on Muscular Dystrophy; Member of the All Party Group on International Development; Member of the All Party Group on Football.

    • Loyal orders

  • Past Master & Lecturer Ferniskey LOL 115; Treasurer of Stormont LOL 2015 a Lodge of Special Purpose - Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland
  • Past Master Ballylurgan RBP 1192, member Kells & Ferniskey RBP 271 Royal Black Preceptory
  • Member of the Antrim Branch of the Murray Club, Apprentice Boys of Derry

    • Voluntary and community positions/roles

  • Honorary Vice-President Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association Northern Ireland
  • Member Kells & Connor Community Improvement Association
  • Member of Ballymena East Rural Community Cluster (BERCC)

    • Previously held positions

    Swann has held Directorships in:

  • Slemish Credit Union
  • Antrim Agricultural Society
  • Volunteer Development Agency
  • Rural Support
  • Young Farmers' Clubs of Ulster, former Club Leader, Secretary & Treasurer, currently Vice-President Kells & Connor Club, former Chairman & Treasurer of County Antrim Committee, Past President, Deputy President, Vice President, Chairman of the YFCU Rural Affairs Committee.
  • Rural Youth Europe, Past Chairman, Vice-chairman, held Finance and Expansion portfolios, formerly Board Member for Region I (Northern Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales, Republic of Ireland & Malta). During his time as Chairman he led a delegation under the auspices of the United Nations FAO, to Serbia and Kosovo to support the creation of Young Farmers Clubs in those countries, both national organisations have now applied for membership of Rural Youth Europe.
  • Board of Governors of Ballee Community High School.; Cambridge House Grammar School
  • UUP web site
  • North Antrim UUP web site
  • Young Farmers' Clubs of Ulster web site
  • Appearances in Northern Ireland Assembly

    • References

    Robin Swann Wikipedia
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