The Minister - Conor Murphy MP MLA
Conor
Murphy was appointed Minister for Regional Development (DRD) on 8 May 2007.
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Education:
He
was educated at St. Colmans College and studied at both University of Ulster and Queens University Belfast.
Career
History:
Conor first entered politics in 1989 as a member of Newry and Mourne
District Council. Elected as Assembly member for Newry/Armagh in 1998 Conor served as Party Spokesperson
on Equality, was Party Whip and Chair of the Procedures Committee and Deputy Chair of the Public Accounts
Committee.
He was re-elected to the Assembly in 2003 and elected as MP for
Newry/Armagh in 2005. Conor is a senior member of the Sinn Féin negotiating team.
Since
his successful re-election to the Assembly in March 2007 Conor was nominated by Sinn Féin to the executive
ministerial portfolio of Regional Development.
Additional Information
Conor
Murphy lives in Camlough with his family.
Outside day-to-day politics Conor
enjoys, sports, reading and hill walking.
