Arlene Foster

Quick Facts

Full Name	Arlene Foster
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Jul 3, 1970(1970-07-03)
Age	54
Birthplace	Enniskillen
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Northern Ireland
Horoscope	Cancer

Arlene Foster Biography

Arlene Foster is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on July 3, 1970 in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. In 2003, this Ulster Unionist Party-turned-Democratic Unionist Party politician became a Member of the Northern Ireland Legislative Assembly and was subsequently appointed both Minister of the Environment and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment.

She was elected Minister in 2008 and was succeeded by Minister In 2008, she succeeded Nigel Dodds as Northern Irish Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment. as Northern Irish Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment.

As a teenager, Foster was on a school bus that was bombed by the IRA, the vehicle targeted because its driver was a soldier in the Ulster Defence Regiment. A girl sitting near her was seriously injured. She was a pupil at Enniskillen Collegiate Grammar School in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh from 1982 to 1989, and attended Queen’s University, Belfast where she graduated with an LL.B. degree. Her political career began at Queen’s University after she joined the Queen’s Unionist Association, part of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP).

Negotiations took place between the local branches of the DUP and UUP with the aim of finding an agreed unionist candidate. The negotiations broke down with neither party willing to accept the electoral dominance of the other; the UUP claiming Foster’s defection to the DUP disguised the reality of the UUP’s electoral strength, while the DUP pointed to the change in the unionist political landscape following the 2003 Assembly election and the 2004 European Parliament election. The UUP candidate was Tom Elliott. Foster finished second in the 2005 general election with 14,056 votes.

The family was born and raised within County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland She grew up during an era of political turmoil called The Troubles. Her union with Brian Foster produced children named Sarah, George, and Ben.

Arlene Foster Net Worth

Arlene Foster is one of the richest Politician from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Arlene Foster 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After obtaining the Bachelor of Laws degree from Queen’s University, Belfast, she was active in the youth section within Ulster Unionist Party. Ulster Unionist Party.

She was awarded a award in 2008, the Women in Public Life Award. After political figure Peter Robinson temporarily stepped down from his post as the First Minister for Northern Ireland, she took the reins for a month in the early part of 2010.

Arlene Isabel Foster PC (née Kelly; born 3 July 1970) is a Northern Irish politician serving as First Minister of Northern Ireland since January 2020, and previously from 2016 to 2017. She has served as Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) since 2015 and Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Fermanagh and South Tyrone since 2003.

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Who is Arlene Foster Dating?

According to our records, Arlene Foster married to Brian Foster. As of December 1, 2023, Arlene Foster’s is not dating anyone.

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Foster served in the Northern Ireland Executive as Minister of the Environment from 2007 until 2008, Minister for Enterprise and Investment from 2008 until 2015 and Minister for Finance and Personnel from 2015 until 2016. In January 2016, Foster became First Minister of Northern Ireland and shared power with Martin McGuinness.

Facts & Trivia

Arlene Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Arlene Foster celebrates birthday on July 3 of every year.

On 29 January 2008, Foster announced that she had decided against Sweeney’s proposal for a £21 million visitors’ centre on a protected greenfield site, reversing her earlier position of “being minded” to approve it. Although the public funds for a causeway scheme remained frozen, it seemed highly likely that the publicly funded plan for the causeway would go ahead with the support of deputy DUP leader Nigel Dodds.

Who replaced Arlene Foster?

On 28 April 2021, after more than 20 DUP MLAs and four DUP MPs signed a letter “…voicing no confidence in her leadership”, Foster announced that she would resign as party leader and as First Minister. She was succeeded by Edwin Poots as DUP leader on 28 May 2021.

How old is Arlene Foster?

51 years (July 17, 1970)

Where is Arlene Foster from?

Enniskillen, United Kingdom

Who is the current First Minister of Northern Ireland?

On 17 June 2021, despite a letter from the Democratic Unionist Party chairman and other senior party members, DUP leader Edwin Poots nominated Paul Givan as First Minister and Sinn Féin re-nominated Michelle O’Neill as deputy First Minister.

How old was Arlene Phillips when she had her daughter?

Get Me Out Of Here!, admitting it “hurt so much” to be pregnant later in life. Arlene gave birth to daughter Abi, in 1991, ten years after welcoming her first child, Alana. At the time, she was 47 years old and expecting to soon enter menopause.