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Dermot Nesbitt (UUP) - Former Minister for the Environment

Dermot Nesbitt was educated at Queen's University of Belfast. Before becoming a full-time politician in June 1998 had been a Senior Lecturer in Finance at Queens and also head of the Department of Accounting and Finance. In 1998, Dermot was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly representing South Down. In 2002 he served as Minister of the Environment in Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland. He stood down from the Assmbly in 2007.

Dermot had a long career in public life prior to his election, having been a District Councillor as well as a former Chairman of both the South Eastern Education and Library Board and the Board of Governors of Stranmillis University College. Served for six years (1992-98) on the Standing Advisory Commission on Human Rights, which advised the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on human rights.

 
 
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