# Executive of the 1st Northern Ireland Assembly

The Executive of the 1st Northern Ireland Assembly (1 July 1998 – 14 October 2002) was, under the terms of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, a power-sharing coalition.
Following the first election to the new Northern Ireland Assembly the Ulster Unionist Party, the Social Democratic and Labour Party and Sinn Féin all took up their ministerial posts and formed an executive, the Democratic Unionist Party refused to attend meetings of the executive committee in protest at Sinn Féin's participation.
Full power was devolved to the Executive on 2 December 1999. This power was revoked by the Secretary of State on four separate occasions. The first was for a period of 3 months from 11 February 2000 – 30 May 2000 because of no arms decommissioning. The next two times were for periods of 24 hours on 10 August 2001 to help deal with arms negotiations and 21 September 2001 following the Holy Cross dispute. The final suspension came on 14 October 2002 after the Stormontgate controversy surrounding an alleged Provisional Irish Republican Army spy ring based in Stormont.

## 1st Executive of Northern Ireland

| Office | Name | Term | Party | Party |
| First Minister | David Trimble | 1998–01 | | UUP |
| Deputy First Minister | Seamus Mallon | 1998–01 | | SDLP |
| Changes 2 December 1999 |||||
| Office | Name | Term | Party | Party |
| Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development | Bríd Rodgers | 1999–00 | | SDLP |
| Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure | Michael McGimpsey | 1999–00 | | UUP |
| Minister of Education | Martin McGuinness | 1999–00 | | Sinn Féin |
| Minister for Employment and Learning | Sean Farren | 1999–00 | | SDLP |
| Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment | Reg Empey | 1999–00 | | UUP |
| Minister of the Environment | Sam Foster | 1999–00 | | UUP |
| Minister of Finance and Personnel | Mark Durkan | 1999–00 | | SDLP |
| Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety | Bairbre de Brún | 1999–00 | | Sinn Féin |
| Minister for Regional Development | Peter Robinson | 1999–00 | | DUP |
| Minister for Social Development | Nigel Dodds | 1999–00 | | DUP |
| Changes 11 February 2000 |||||
| Office | Name | Term | Party | Party |
| Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development | Office suspended | 2000 | | |
| Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure | Office suspended | 2000 | | |
| Minister of Education | Office suspended | 2000 | | |
| Minister for Employment and Learning | Office suspended | 2000 | | |
| Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment | Office suspended | 2000 | | |
| Minister of the Environment | Office suspended | 2000 | | |
| Minister of Finance and Personnel | Office suspended | 2000 | | |
| Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety | Office suspended | 2000 | | |
| Minister for Regional Development | Office suspended | 2000 | | |
| Minister for Social Development | Office suspended | 2000 | | |
| Changes 30 May 2000 |||||
| Office | Name | Term | Party | Party |
| Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development | Bríd Rodgers | 2000–02 | | SDLP |
| Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure | Michael McGimpsey | 2000–02 | | UUP |
| Minister of Education | Martin McGuinness | 2000–02 | | Sinn Féin |
| Minister for Employment and Learning | Sean Farren | 2000–01 | | SDLP |
| Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment | Reg Empey | 2000–02 | | UUP |
| Minister of the Environment | Sam Foster | 2000–02 | | UUP |
| Minister of Finance and Personnel | Mark Durkan | 2000–01 | | SDLP |
| Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety | Bairbre de Brún | 2000–02 | | Sinn Féin |
| Minister for Regional Development | Peter Robinson | 2000–01 | | DUP |
| Minister for Social Development | Nigel Dodds | 2000 | | DUP |
| Changes 1 July 2001 |||||
| Office | Name | Term | Party | Party |
| First Minister | Reg Empey (acting) | 2001 | | UUP |
| Changes 27 July 2001 |||||
| Office | Name | Term | Party | Party |
| Minister for Regional Development | Gregory Campbell | 2001 | | DUP |
| Minister for Social Development | Maurice Morrow | 2000–01 | | DUP |
| Changes 24 October 2001 |||||
| Office | Name | Term | Party | Party |
| Minister for Regional Development | Peter Robinson | 2001–02 | | DUP |
| Minister for Social Development | Nigel Dodds | 2001–02 | | DUP |
| Changes 6 November 2001 |||||
| Office | Name | Term | Party | Party |
| First Minister | David Trimble | 2001–02 | | UUP |
| Deputy First Minister | Mark Durkan | 2001–02 | | SDLP |
| Changes 14 December 2001 |||||
| Office | Name | Term | Party | Party |
| Minister for Employment and Learning | Carmel Hanna | 2001–02 | | SDLP |
| Minister of Finance and Personnel | Sean Farren | 2001–02 | | SDLP |
| Changes 20 February 2002 |||||
| Office | Name | Term | Party | Party |
| Minister of the Environment | Dermot Nesbitt | 2002 | | UUP |