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Gordon Lyons | |
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| Minister for Communities | |
| Assumed office 3 February 2024 | |
| First Minister | Michelle O'Neill |
| Preceded by | Deirdre Hargey |
| Minister for the Economy | |
| In office 6 July 2021 – 27 October 2022 | |
| First Minister | Paul Givan Vacant |
| Preceded by | Paul Frew |
| Succeeded by | Conor Murphy (2024) |
| Minister of Agriculture, Environment, and Rural Affairs | |
| In office 2 February 2021 – 8 March 2021 | |
| First Minister | Arlene Foster |
| Preceded by | Edwin Poots |
| Succeeded by | Edwin Poots |
| Junior Minister at theExecutive Office | |
| In office 8 March 2021 – 17 June 2021 Serving with Declan Kearney | |
| First Minister | Arlene Foster |
| Preceded by | Gary Middleton |
| Succeeded by | Gary Middleton |
| In office 11 January 2020 – 2 February 2021 Serving with Declan Kearney | |
| First Minister | Arlene Foster |
| Preceded by | Alastair Ross |
| Succeeded by | Gary Middleton |
| Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly forEast Antrim | |
| Assumed office 19 August 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Sammy Wilson |
| Member of Mid and East Antrim Borough Council | |
| In office 22 May 2014 – 19 August 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Council established |
| Succeeded by | Angela Smyth |
| Constituency | Coast Road |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1986-03-06)6 March 1986 (age 39) Coleraine,Northern Ireland |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Alma mater | Newcastle University |
Gordon Lyons (born 6 March 1986) is a Northern Irish unionist politician, serving asMinister for Communities since 2024. He has also served as Director of Elections for theDemocratic Unionist Party (DUP) since 2021. He wasMinister for the Economy in theNorthern Ireland Executive from 2021 to 2022, and has been aMember of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) forEast Antrim since August 2015. He is the DUP's Spokesperson forFinance, Public Service Reform and theNorthern Ireland Protocol.[1]
Lyons worked as an assistant to DUPMLASammy Wilson for five years. He stood unsuccessfully inEast Antrim at the2011 Northern Ireland Assembly election, and also for theCoast Road area ofLarne Borough Council in thelocal elections held that same day.[2][3]
At the2014 local elections, Lyons was elected for the Coast Road area on the newMid and East Antrim District Council,[4] and in August 2015, he was co-opted to take Wilson's place on the Assembly.[5]
Lyons was re-elected at the2016 Assembly Election, and was a member of the Economy Committee and Chairman of the Committee for Procedures.
Following his re-election at the 2017 NI Assembly Election, Lyons was appointed by DUP Leader Arlene Foster as the DUP Assembly Group Chief Whip.
When devolution was restored on 11 January 2020, First Minister Arlene Foster appointed Lyons as Junior Minister in the Executive Office.
He served as theMinister of Agriculture, Environment, and Rural Affairs afterEdwin Poots stood down temporarily for health reasons.[6]
On 6 July 2021 he becameMinister for the Economy after being appointed by the DUP's newly elected LeaderJeffrey Donaldson, taking over fromPaul Frew.[7]
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| Preceded by | MLA forEast Antrim 2015–present | Incumbent |