Robin Swann


Robin Swann is a politician in Northern Ireland currently Minister of Health and former Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party. He was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2011 and was re-elected in the 2016 and 2017 Assembly Elections.
Swann stood as the UUP candidate in North Antrim in the 2019 general election, which saw an 11.4% increase in their vote taking the party to second place in the constituency of North Antrim.
From 6 April 2012, he served as Ulster Unionist Chief Whip, a position he retained until he was elected as Leader. During the short 2016 mandate he was Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee which commenced the Inquiry into the RHI scandal.
He also served as Chairman of the on 27 February 2013, a position he held until the Committee was dissolved on 30 April 2016. He is an active member of Kells & Connor Community Association and has served as a Board member of the Volunteer Development Agency in Northern Ireland.
Swann has served as President and County Antrim Chairman of the Young Farmers' Clubs of Ulster. He has chaired the YFCU's National Executive and Rural Affairs Committees and has been Chairman of the Rural Youth Europe organisation.

Education

Robin was educated at Kells & Connor Primary School and Ballymena Academy, before completing a BSc degree with the Open University, plus a Certificate of Professional Management and Certificate of Mathematics.

Political activity

Elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly on 7 May 2011, he successfully defended it in the 2016 Assembly election and at the snap election in March 2017, where he was the first unionist elected in North Antrim.

Current positions

He and his wife Jennifer have a daughter, and a son. The son was born with a congenital heart defect, and while in Birmingham where the corrective procedure was performed, Swann recorded the events in a personal blog.

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