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Senior UUP member to step down
Senior Ulster Unionist member Dermot Nesbitt has today revealed that he will not be seeking re-election to the Stormont Assembly when it reconvenes in March.
Mr Nesbitt, the Assembly member for South Down, is one of the main defenders of the Good Friday Agreement, which he helped to negotiate in 1998.
After devolution was restored, he became a junior Minister in the Northern Ireland Executive, and was later promoted to Environment Minister.
Dermot Nesbitt, 59, became involved in politics in 1973 as an election agent for Brian Faulkner, which he did until 1977.
He was a member of Down District Council from 1981 to 1989 and in 1996 Mr Nesbitt was elected to the Northern Ireland Forum, and became a member of the Ulster Unionist negotiating team.
Commenting on his decision to step down, Mr Nesbitt said: "I just think it is time to stand aside and let others progress."
(EF/KMcA)
Mr Nesbitt, the Assembly member for South Down, is one of the main defenders of the Good Friday Agreement, which he helped to negotiate in 1998.
After devolution was restored, he became a junior Minister in the Northern Ireland Executive, and was later promoted to Environment Minister.
Dermot Nesbitt, 59, became involved in politics in 1973 as an election agent for Brian Faulkner, which he did until 1977.
He was a member of Down District Council from 1981 to 1989 and in 1996 Mr Nesbitt was elected to the Northern Ireland Forum, and became a member of the Ulster Unionist negotiating team.
Commenting on his decision to step down, Mr Nesbitt said: "I just think it is time to stand aside and let others progress."
(EF/KMcA)
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