Ulster Unionist Party Presidents and General Secretaries
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The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) was founded in Northern Ireland in 1905. Early leadership records are incomplete.
Presidents
Name | Term start | Term end | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn | 1905 | 19?? | |
James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon | 19?? | 19?? | |
J. M. Andrews | 19?? | 19?? | |
Herbert Dixon, 1st Baron Glentoran | 1947 | 19?? | |
Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough | 195? | 19?? | |
Clarence Graham | 1963 | 196? | |
Jack Andrews | 1969 | 1973? | |
James G. Cunningham | 1973? | 1980 | |
George Anthony Clark | 1980 | 1990 | |
Josias Cunningham | 1990 | 2000 | |
Martin Smyth | 2000 | 2004 | |
Dennis Rogan | 2004 | 2006 | |
Robert John White | 2006 | 2008 | Office merged with that of Chairman - incumbent Chairman David Campbell continuing |
May Steele | 2016 | 2020 | Honorary President - term ceased on her death |
Daphne Trimble | 13 March 2023 | Incumbent | Honorary President[1] |
General secretaries
A list of General Secretaries of the Ulster Unionist Council.[2] From 1998 until 2007, the post was "Chief Executive of the Ulster Unionist Party".[3]
- 1905: T. H. Gibson
- 1906: Dawson Bates
- 1921: Wilson Hungerford
- 1941: Billy Douglas
- 1963: Jim Bailie
- 1974: Norman Hutton
- 1983: Frank Millar Jr
- 1987: Jim Wilson
- 1998: David Boyd
- 2003: Alastair Patterson
- 2004: Lyle Rea[3]
- 2005: Will Corry[3]
- 2007: Jim Wilson
- 2010: Colin McCusker
- 2019: Alexander Redpath
See also
References
- ^ "Lady Daphne Trimble appointed UUP Honorary President". UUP Live. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- ^ "Ulster Unionist Party: Party History". Archived from the original on 20 October 2009.
- ^ a b c "New chief exec for UUP". Belfast Telegraph. 3 April 2005.