Arlene Isabel Foster (née Kelly) (b. 3 July 1970) is a politician in Northern Ireland. She is one of two Democratic Unionist Party MLAs representing the Fermanagh and South Tyrone constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. She became Minister of the Environment on 8 May 2007 and was subsequently reshuffled into the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment on 9 June 2008. Foster became the acting First Minister of Northern Ireland from 1...
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Arlene Isabel Foster (née Kelly) (b. 3 July 1970) is a politician in Northern Ireland. She is one of two Democratic Unionist Party MLAs representing the Fermanagh and South Tyrone constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. She became Minister of the Environment on 8 May 2007 and was subsequently reshuffled into the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment on 9 June 2008. Foster became the acting First Minister of Northern Ireland from 11 January 2010 until 3 February 2010.
Foster was raised in the townland of Dernawilt, between Lisnaskea and Rosslea in County Fermanagh. Her experience with the Troubles began early in her life. A bomb was discovered under a bus she was travelling to school in. A night-time attempt was made to shoot her father, a Royal Ulster Constabulary reservist, at her home.
She was educated at Queen's University, Belfast where she graduated with an LL.B. degree. It was at Queen's University where her political career began after joining the Queen's...
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