Edwin Poots MLA

Minister of the Environment, Northern Ireland Executive

Edwin Poots MLA was appointed Minister of the Environment in the Northern Ireland Executive on 30 June 2009.

He was educated at Wallace High School, Lisburn and Greenmount Agricultural College.

He was elected to Lisburn City Council in 1997 and the Northern Ireland Assembly in 1998. He is currently Chairman of the following organisations: Lisburn City Centre Management, Lisburn Rural LEADER Group, Lisburn City Council's Economic Development Committee and the Maze Implementation Panel. In a voluntary capacity he is a youth leader in his local church.