Conor Murphy from Camlough in County Armagh is the new Minister for Tourism for the six counties of Northern Ireland, the 14th.
He is the first from Sinn Féin, after seven ministers from the DUP, one from the UUP and five English based tourism ministers nominated by the Westminster parliament, all but one of whom had never been to Ireland prior to their appointment.
Three of the ministers have come from Antrim, two each from Derry and Down and one each from Armagh and Fermanagh.
Previous ministers;
- 1999 Reg Empey
- 2000 Adam Ingram
- 2002 Ian Pearson
- 2004 Barry Gardiner
- 2005 Angela Smith
- 2006 Maria Eagle
- 2007 Nigel Dodds
- 2008 Arlene Foster
- 2015 Jonathan Bell
- 2016 Simon Hamilton
- 2020 Diane Dodds
- 2021 Paul Frew
- 2021 Gordon Lyons
- 2024 Conor Murphy
