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Dermot Nesbitt (born 14 August 1947) is a Northern Irish politician. August 14 is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (227th in leap years), with 139 days remaining. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Motto:  (Latin for Who will separate us?)[1] Anthem: UK: God Save the Queen Regional: (de facto) Londonderry Air Capital Belfast Largest city Belfast Official language(s) English (de facto), Ulster Scots, Irish3, Northern Ireland Sign Language, Irish Sign Language Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...


Nesbitt studied economics at Queens University Belfast and joined the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP). He was the election agent for Brian Faulkner from 1973 until 1977, most of this period spent as a member of the Unionist Party of Northern Ireland. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Queens University of Belfast Queens University, Belfast (QUB) - or officially Queens University of Belfast - is a university in Belfast, Northern Ireland. ... The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party ) is a moderate unionist political party in Northern Ireland, which formed its government between 1921 and 1972 and was supported by most unionists throughout the Troubles. ... In elections in the United Kingdom, an election agent is the person responsible for the conduct of a candidates political campaign. ... The Right Honourable Arthur Brian Deane Faulkner, Baron Faulkner of Downpatrick (February 18, 1921 - March 3, 1977) was the sixth and last Prime Minister of Northern Ireland from 1971 until 1972. ... The Unionist Party of Northern Ireland was a political party founded by Brian Faulkner in September 1974. ...


Nesbitt worked as a lecturer at Queens and by 1981 he had rejoined the UUP, being elected to Down Borough Council. He held this seat until 1989. Lecturer is the name given to university teachers in most of the English-speaking world (but not at most universities in the U.S. or Canada) who do not hold a professorship. ...


Nesbitt was elected to the Northern Ireland Forum for South Down in 1996, and held this seat on the Northern Ireland Assembly at the 1998 and 2003 elections. The Northern Ireland Forum, or formally the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue was a body set up in 1996 for the conduction of the negotiations that eventually led to the Belfast Agreement (or the Good Friday Agreement) in 1998. ... South Down is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. ... The Northern Ireland Assembly is a home rule legislature established in Northern Ireland under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, but currently under suspension. ... The first elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly were held on June 25, 1998. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...


At the 1997 and 2001 UK general elections, Nesbitt stood unsuccessfully for the Westminster seat of South Down. (Redirected from 1997 UK general election) The 1 May 1997 UK general election brought the first change in UK Government for 18 years. ... The United Kingdom general election of 7 June 2001 was dubbed as the quiet landslide by the media. ... South Down is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. ...


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BBC - Northern Ireland - Ask Events - Ask Dermot Nesbitt... (1778 words)
Dermot Nesbitt: Intuitive terms it seems logical that if the applicant has the appeal so also should the objector however there are complications in the implementation now on that issue we are in the process of considering consultation and are at present in discussion with the environment committee.
Dermot Nesbitt: This was a recommnedation by the PAC to the DSD minister and it was for him to decide as to what he wished to do.
Dermot Nesbitt: Investment in the area or any area is good, but i would be cautious in saying any investement because in a all matters we must be mindful of balancing the sustainability of an area, for example economic, with the wider environmental impact of any form of development.
BBC News | NORTHERN IRELAND | Dermot Nesbitt: A profile (577 words)
Mr Nesbitt, who is the new environment minister, is in many ways, a surprise star of the Ulster Unionist Party under the leadership of David Trimble.
Mr Nesbitt was always viewed as a liberal, in contrast to Mr Trimble who upon his election as leader of the UUP was viewed as an uncompromising unionist.
Mr Nesbitt, allied with what unionists perceived as the more liberal wing of their party, appears to have spent a number of years in the wildnerness in the hope that another Brian Faulkner would emerge.
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