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Dr Esmond Birnie |
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Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) |
| Constituency: |
South Belfast |
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| Place and Date of Birth: |
Edinburgh
06.01.65 |
| Married: |
Yes |
| Education: |
Ballymena Academy, 1976-83
Gonville & Caius College Cambridge University, 1983-86
Queens University Belfast (Part-time), 1986-94
Economics Graduate
BA (Hons) Economics, Double First, Cambridge, 1986
PhD Economics, Queens University Belfast, 1994 |
| Occupation and brief outline of career: |
Research Assistant, 1986-89
University Lecturer in Economics Queens University Belfast, 1989-1998
Senior Lecturer in Economics QUB (on leave of absence, 2000-present ) |
Brief outline of public/political career
(Members of council, public body, chairman, mayor) please give dates. |
Member of the New Northern Ireland Assembly, 1998-present
Chairman of the Departmental Committee of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment (later renamed Employment and Learning), December 1999-present |
| Other memberships/ interests/ achievements/ awards (political, community, sporting, public service) please give dates.: |
Memberships
Management Committee Member of Presbyterian Church in Ireland's Employment Scheme
Interests
Co Author of seven Books on the economies of Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Germany, European Union and Eastern Europe
Author (with PJ Roche) of An Economics Lesson for Irish Nationalists & Republicians (1995) and (1997) Without Profit and Prophets and (2001) Can the Celtic Tiger cross the Irish Border?
Other Interests
Jogging, Cycling, Reading (Military History, Biography and Novels), Fine Arts, Architecture and Church Choir
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