Paul Frew
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Paul Frew
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Minister for the Economy | |
In office
14 June 2021 – 6 July 2021 |
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Preceded by | The Lady Dodds of Duncairn |
Succeeded by | Gordon Lyons |
Member of the
Northern Ireland Assembly
for North Antrim |
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Assumed office
21 June 2010 |
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Preceded by | Ian Paisley, Jr |
Personal details | |
Born |
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1974-09-20
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20 September 1974
(age
48)
Kells , Northern Ireland |
Political party | DUP |
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Paul Frew (born 20 September 1974) is a Unionist politician from Northern Ireland representing the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). Frew served as Minister for the Economy from June to July 2021. He has been a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for North Antrim since 2010.
He was elected at the 2005 local elections to Ballymena Borough Council .
In 2010, he replaced Ian Paisley, Jr as a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for North Antrim . [1]
A native of Kells, he is an electrician by trade and didn't go to third-level education, commenting in one interview "my university was the building sites of Belfast". [2]
He served in the Royal Irish Regiment . [3]
He joined the DUP in 2000 and first stood for office in local government in 2005. He plays the spoons. [2]
References
- ↑ " Paul Frew selected as new MLA for North Antrim ", Democratic Unionist Party
- 1 2 "DUP's Paul Frew: 'I didn't fall out with my dad when he owned up to selling illegal cigarettes but I wasn't happy. Crime is crime, and what he did was wrong' " . Belfasttelegraph .
- ↑ "Paul Frew" Archived 3 February 2013 at archive.today Stratagem-NI.com
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MLA
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2010–present |
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