Claire Sugden

Quick Facts

Full Name	Claire Sugden
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Aug 7, 1986(1986-08-07)
Age	38
Birthplace	Castlerock
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Northern Ireland
Horoscope	Leo

Claire Sugden Biography

Claire Sugden is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on August 7, 1986 in Castlerock, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. Claire Sugden (born 7 August 1986) is an Northern Irish politician who was the Minister of Justice in the fourth Northern Ireland Executive from May 2016 until March 2017. She is also a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for East Londonderry, having been appointed to the seat following the passing of David McClarty in 2014, and was elected to the seat in the year 2016. The MLA is an Independent Unionist, and is thought to be among the most democratic unionists of the Assembly.

Following the death of McClarty on April 14, 2014 Sugden became the co-opted MLA of East Londonderry, becoming one of the youngest members of the Northern Ireland Assembly. In her first speech, on October 16, 2014, she advised lawmakers to “Be mindful of how far we have come, because that is important, and take responsibility for the power that you hold.”

It was reported in May 2016 that Arlene Foster, the DUP First Minister, and Martin McGuinness, the Sinn Féin Deputy First Minister, had held talks with Sugden over the possibility of taking on the justice portfolio. On 25 May 2016, it was announced that Sugden would take on the role, saying that it was a “huge challenge” but that she was “up for it”. Foster said that she would be a minister “for all the people” and McGuinness praised her as “impressive and progressive.”

Following the 2016 election, the UUP, SDLP and Alliance Party all entered opposition rather than taking roles in the Northern Ireland Executive. Neither party left in the Executive, Sinn Féin and the DUP, could agree on who should take the “contentious” role of Minister of Justice, “for fear of being accused of bias towards one community in the administration of justice”.

She was an official participant in the Committee for Employment and Learning from 12 May 2014 until 30 March 2016 and also as Chairperson for the All Party Group on Ageing and Older People from 29 October 2015 until 30 March the year 2016. In her first two-year term Sugden was seen as an ally of the “naughty corner” in the Assembly because she was “rarely quiet and not afraid to stand up to the two major parties”. Sugden brought up a topic of the day concerning what the future holds for Northern Irish political institutions in September 2015. In her speech she stated: “This house of cards is falling, and good will come of that only if the jokers at the top come crashing down too and do not get up again.” When she spoke to the Assembly regarding Nov. 15, 2015, the day of the Paris terror attacks, she stated that “it takes a special kind of bastard to inflict that pain on so many,” for which she was reprimanded by the Speaker of the House for her usage of language.

Claire Sugden Net Worth

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

Following her graduation in 2008, Sugden interned at The Office of the First Minister as well as the Deputy First Minister. Then, she interned with the United States Department of Health and Human Services as part of the Washington Ireland Program. She started serving as an assistant to the Parliament to David McClarty, then-UUP MLA for East Londonderry, a role she held until her appointment in 2014. She was in charge of McClarty’s election campaign for East Londonderry after he resigned from the Ulster Unionist Party and stood as an independent unionist. She was elected as an official council member on Coleraine Borough Council in 2013 following McClarty had resigned from his position as a council member. She was appointed to succeed him in February 2014 when McClarty fell ill.

Sugden was the youngest of five children born to Arthur as well as Elizabeth Sugden. Arthur Sugden was born in Leeds and was an officer in the prison system and met Elizabeth and Elizabeth in Castlerock. Claire Sugden was raised in the Greenmount region of Coleraine. She was a student at Killowen primary school as well as Coleraine High School before studying an undergraduate degree in politics in the course of Queen’s University Belfast and graduating in the year 2008. She also holds an advanced degree on Irish political science at Queen’s University Belfast and was working part-time to complete an advanced level in the field of political advocacy at The Ulster University when she was appointed an MLA.

The Law Society of Northern Ireland and the Bar of Northern Ireland welcomed her appointment. On 19 December 2016, during the Renewable Heat Incentive scandal, which implicated the First Minister Arlene Foster, Sugden voted against a vote of no confidence in Foster, calling it “premature”. She said: “You ask me to support a motion that excludes the First Minister on the basis of no confidence: my confidence or, indeed, lack of confidence in the First Minister will be based on substantiated information, not allegations manifested in the media.” She said that she supported an independent investigation of the accusation, “judicially led if necessary”, and that she had also instructed her permanent secretary to investigate claims that the Department of Justice under her predecessor was privy to the details of the RHI scheme.

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