Peter David Robinson (born December 29, 1948) is a Democratic Unionist Party Member of Parliament for East Belfast. He is a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for the same constituency and is married to Iris Robinson, also an MP. December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 2 days remaining. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... The Democratic Unionist Party is a right wing unionist party in Northern Ireland led by Ian Paisley. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... East Belfast is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. ... The logo of the Northern Ireland Assembly is a six flowered linen or flax plant, chosen for the plants historical economic importance to the region. ... Iris Robinson (born September 6, 1949 in Belfast) is a Northern Ireland unionist politician. ...

After being elected to Castlereagh Borough Council, in Belfast's South-Eastern suburbs in 1977, he narrowly won election to the House of Commons in 1979, edging out the sitting MP, former Vanguard leader, and UUP candidate William Craig by 64 votes, with Alliance Party leader Oliver Napier 928 votes behind. For the statesman commonly called Castlereagh, see Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh Castlereagh Borough Council is a Local Council in Northern Ireland. ... Belfast (Béal Feirste in Irish) is a city in the United Kingdom. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... British House of Commons Canadian House of Commons In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Vanguard can mean: A vanguard is the forward division in an army. ... 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. ... The Right Honourable William Craig (b. ... The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI), is a political party operating in Northern Ireland. ... Sir Oliver Napier was the first leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland. ...

He was re-elected to the House of Commons in 1983, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1997, 2001 and 2005. In 2001, his wife joined him there as Member for Strangford. Robinson is the longest serving Member of Parliament for any Belfast constituency since the Act of Union in 1800. He was elected to the consultative Northern Ireland Assembly of 1982-1986, topping the poll in East Belfast. Along with the rest of the unionist members, he resigned his seat in 1985 at protest at the Anglo-Irish Agreement. British House of Commons Canadian House of Commons In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Strangford is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. ... Belfast (Béal Feirste in Irish) is a city in the United Kingdom. ... The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... The logo of the Northern Ireland Assembly is a six flowered linen or flax plant, chosen for the plants historical economic importance to the region. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In the context of Irish politics, Unionists are people in Northern Ireland, who wish to see the continuation of the Act of Union 1800, as amended by the Government of Ireland Act 1920, under which Northern Ireland, created in that latter Act, remains part of the United Kingdom of Great... The Anglo-Irish Agreement was an agreement between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland which aimed to bring an end to the Troubles in Northern Ireland. ...

On August 7, 1986, in protest at the Anglo-Irish Agreement, Robinson led an "invasion party" of 500 loyalists into the village of Clontibret, County Monaghan, in the Republic of Ireland. The loyalists entered the Garda Síochána (the Irish police) station in the village and physically assaulted two Garda officers, and then held a quasi-military drill in the square. Robinson was later arrested. He pleaded guilty to unlawful assembly and was fined £17,500 in a Drogheda court because of the incident. As a result, Robinson briefly resigned from the deputy leadership of the Democratic Unionist Party. August 7 is the 219th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (220th in leap years), with 146 days remaining. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Anglo-Irish Agreement was an agreement between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland which aimed to bring an end to the Troubles in Northern Ireland. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Unionists (Ireland). ... Clontibret is a village in County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland, near the border with Northern Ireland. ... Monaghan (Irish: Contae Muineachán) is a county in the Republic of Ireland. ... A member of the motorcycle unit of the Garda Síochána. ... Drogheda (Droichead Átha in Irish, meaning Bridge of the Ford) is an industrial and port town in County Louth (on the border with County Meath) on the east coast of Ireland, 56 km north of Dublin. ... The Democratic Unionist Party is a right wing unionist party in Northern Ireland led by Ian Paisley. ...

He was elected to the Northern Ireland Forum of 1996, and again topped the poll in East Belfast in the 1998 Assembly Elections. He served as Regional Development Minister in the Northern Ireland Executive from November 21, 1999 but resigned on July 27, 2000, then served again from October 24, 2001, when the devolved institutions were restored, until resigning on October 11, 2002, shortly before the executive and the Assembly were suspended. 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. ... The Northern Ireland Executive as established by the Northern Ireland Act 1998 is the (currently suspended) executive body for Northern Ireland, answerable to the Northern Ireland Assembly. ... November 21 is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... July 27 is the 208th day (209th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 157 days remaining. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years). ... For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... The logo of the Northern Ireland Assembly is a six flowered linen or flax plant, chosen for the plants historical economic importance to the region. ...

Robinson espouses a populist, statist form of Ulster Loyalism. He is strongly in favour of capital punishment and opposed to European integration. Nonetheless he is in favour of state intervention and socialist measures which are popular with his largely working-class constituents. While Regional Development Minister he introduced free public transport for senior citizens, probably his most astute political move. He also approved several vital road projects in the West of Northern Ireland. Capital punishment, also called the death penalty, is the execution of a convicted criminal as punishment for a crime often called a capital offence or a capital crime. ... European integration is the process of political and economic (and in some cases social and cultural) integration of European states into a tighter bloc. ...

Robinson is undoubtedly intelligent but often deeply controversial. While he has been Deputy Leader of the DUP behind Ian Paisley since 1980, he has a unique character and has an independent style. He is regarded as the leader of the urban, secular, working-class wing of the DUP (as opposed to Paisley's rural, religious fundamentalist base), and the architect of the DUP's development in recent years of a slick electoral and media machine. He is also seen as a leader of the realpolitik tendency within the Party which acknowledges that it must at some point come to an accommodation with Sinn Féin, although he remains a hate figure for many within the Nationalist community. The Democratic Unionist Party is a right wing unionist party in Northern Ireland led by Ian Paisley. ... The Reverend and Right Honourable Ian Richard Kyle Paisley, MP, MLA (born 6 April 1926); also known as Dr. Ian Paisley, is a prominent politician and church leader from Northern Ireland. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX in Roman) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... The Democratic Unionist Party is a right wing unionist party in Northern Ireland led by Ian Paisley. ... It has been suggested that Provisional Sinn Féin be merged into this article or section. ... Irish nationalism refers to political movements that desire greater autonomy or the independence of Ireland from Great Britain. ...

Robinson is in many ways the natural successor to Paisley, although having waited so long in the wings some feel he has missed his moment, or that an alternative candidate such as Nigel Dodds might be more acceptable to rural evangelicals within the Party. Nigel Alexander Dodds, OBE (born August 20, 1958) is a barrister and Northern Ireland unionist politician. ...

External links

• Peter Robinson official site
• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Peter Robinson MP
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Peter Robinson MP