Maurice Morrow, Baron Morrow
Maurice George Morrow, Baron Morrow (born September 27, 1948 in Ballygawley , County Tyrone , Northern Ireland ) is a British politician of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), who has been a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly since 1998 and a life peer member of the House of Lords is.
Life
After attending elementary school in Ballygawley and the secondary school in Dungannon Morrow graduated from the Dungannon Technical College and was subsequently used as real estate agent involved. He began his political career in local politics and has served on the District Council of Dungannon and South Tyrone since 1973 .
In the elections of 25 June 1998, he was elected as a candidate of the Democratic Unionist Party for the first time a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly and represents in this after his re-election on 26 November 2003, November 7, 2007 and May 5, 2011 since the constituency Fermanagh and South Tyrone . During that time he served from July 27, 2000 to October 24, 2001, replacing Nigel Dodds' Minister for Social Development in the Northern Ireland Executive , led by First Minister David Trimble .
By a letters patent dated June 7, 2006, Morrow, who has been chairman of the DUP since 2000 as the successor to James McClure , was raised to the nobility as a life peer with the title Baron Morrow , of Clogher Valley in the County of Tyrone . Shortly thereafter took place on 27 June 2006 its introduction ( Introduction ) as a member of the House of Lords . Lord Morrow was one of the first three members of the DUP to join the House of Lords, along with Wallace Browne, Baron Browne of Belmont and Eileen Paisley, Baroness Paisley of St George’s . In the upper house he belongs to the group of so-called crossbenchers .
In addition to his membership of the House of Lords, he was an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions of the European Union between 2006 and 2010 .
Since January 2016 he has been Minister for Social Development again.
Web links
- Entry on Parliament's homepage (accessed on November 24, 2012)
- Entry in They Work For You (accessed November 24, 2012)
- Biography in Debrett's (accessed November 24, 2012)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Morrow, Maurice, Baron Morrow |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Morrow, Maurice George, Baron Morrow (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 27, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ballygawley , County Tyrone , Northern Ireland |