Arlene Foster

**Arlene Isobel Foster, Baroness Foster na Aghadrumsee** (née **Kelly**; An haife ta 17 ga watan Yulin 1970),  'yar jarida ce ta Burtaniya kuma 'yar siyasa daga Arewacin Ireland wacce ke aiki a matsayin Shugaban Intertrade UK tun watan Satumbar 2024. Ta taba aiki a matsayin Ministan farko na Arewacin Ireland daga 2016 zuwa 2017 da 2020 zuwa 2021 kuma shugabar Jam'iyyar Democratic Unionist (DUP) daga 2015 zuwa 2021. Foster ita ce mace ta farko da ta rike kowanne matsayi. Ita memba ce ta House of Lords, bayan da ta kasance memba na Majalisar Dokoki (MLA) na Fermanagh da Kudancin Tyrone daga 2003 zuwa 2021.

Foster ya yi aiki a cikin Babban Jami'in Arewacin Ireland a matsayin Ministan Muhalli daga 2007 zuwa 2008, Ministan Kasuwanci da Zuba Jari daga 2008 zuwa 2015 da Ministan Kudi da Ma'aikata daga 2015 zuwa 2016. A watan Disamba na shekara ta 2015, an zabi Foster ba tare da hamayya ba don ya gaji Peter Robinson a matsayin shugaban DUP. A watan Janairun 2016, Foster ya zama Ministan farko na Arewacin Ireland kuma ya raba iko tare da Martin McGuinness .

McGuinness ta yi murabus a matsayin mataimakin Minista na farko a watan Janairun 2017 a cikin abin kunya na Sabuntawa Heat Incentive, wanda ya shafi tsarin makamashi mai kore wanda Foster ta kafa a lokacin da take Ministan Kasuwanci da Zuba Jari. An shirya makircin ne don kashe mai biyan haraji fam miliyan 490 kuma akwai zargin cin hanci da rashawa da ke kewaye da rawar da Foster ya taka wajen aiwatar da makircin. McGuinness ta nemi Foster ta tsaya a matsayin Minista na farko yayin da aka bincika shigar da ita cikin makircin, amma ta ki ta tsaya a gefe ko ta yi murabus kuma ta ce muryoyin da ke kira ga ta yi murna sune na "Masu tsattsauran ra'ayi da maza". A karkashin sharuddan yarjejeniya raba iko ta Arewacin Ireland, Ministocin Farko da mataimakin Ministocin Firayim Minista daidai ne, sabili da haka, Foster ba za ta iya kasancewa a matsayinta na Minista na Farko ba kuma daga baya aka cire ta daga ofis. Murabus din McGuinness ya haifar da gudanar da zaben majalisar dattijai na 2017, inda DUP ta rasa kujeru 10. Bayan babu wata jam'iyya da ta sami rinjaye a Babban zaben 2017, DUP ta shiga yarjejeniya tare da Jam'iyyar Conservative don tallafawa gwamnati Firayim Minista Theresa Mayu. A watan Janairun 2020, ta sake zama Ministan farko na Arewacin Ireland bayan an sake dawo da zartarwa a karkashin sharuddan Sabon Shekara, Sabon Yarjejeniyar.

A ranar 28 ga Afrilu 2021, bayan fiye da 20 DUP MLAs da hudu DUP MPs sanya hannu kan wata wasika "... nuna rashin amincewa da shugabancinta", Foster ta sanar da cewa za ta yi murabus a matsayin shugaban jam'iyya da kuma Ministan Farko. Edwin Poots ne ya gaje ta a matsayin shugaban DUP a ranar 28 ga Mayu 2021.  Foster ya bar mukaminsa a matsayin Minista na farko a ranar 14 ga Yuni 2021  kuma Paul Givan ya gaje shi a matsayin Ministan farko a ranar 17 ga Yuni 2021.  Ta yi murabus daga Majalisar Arewacin Ireland a watan Oktoba 2021 kuma ta zama mai gabatarwa a GB News .

A watan Mayu na shekara ta 2024, an tabbatar da cewa za a nada Foster a matsayin shugaban Intertrade UK, sabon kungiya don inganta kasuwanci a cikin Burtaniya wanda aka sanar a matsayin wani ɓangare na kunshin gwamnatin Burtaniya don dawo da mika wuya. Ta ɗauki matsayin a ranar 19 ga Satumba 2024. 

An haifi Arlene Kelly a Enniskillen  kuma an haife ta ne a gari Dernawilt, a gefen Aghadrumsee . Lokacin da take 'yar shekara tara, iyalinta sun koma zama a cikin Castlebalfour Estate, wani gidaje a kusa da Lisnaskea, bayan wani hari na IRA a gidan dangin a Dernawilt .  Ita memba ce ta Cocin Ireland .  Kwarewarta tare da Matsala ta fara ne tun da wuri a rayuwarta lokacin da aka yi ƙoƙari na dare don kashe mahaifinta, mai tsaron gidan Royal Ulster (RUC), wanda aka harbe shi kuma ya ji rauni sosai a gonar danginsu; an tilasta wa iyalin barin yankin Roslea,  suna ƙaura zuwa Lisnaskea a maimakon haka.

Yayinda yake matashi, Foster yana cikin bas din makaranta wanda IRA ta jefa bam, abin hawa da aka yi niyya saboda direbansa soja ne a cikin Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR). Wata yarinya da ke zaune kusa da ita ta ji rauni sosai.[undefined] Ta kasance daliba a makarantar Enniskillen Collegiate Grammar School a Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, daga 1982 zuwa 1989, kuma ta halarci Jami'ar Sarauniya Belfast (QUB), inda ta kammala karatu tare da digiri na LLB.[undefined] Ta fara aikin siyasa ne a Jami'ar Sarauniya ta Belfast lokacin da ta shiga Kungiyar Unionist ta Sarauniya, wani ɓangare na Jam'iyyar Ulster Unionist (UUP). [1] Ta yi aiki a matsayin shugabar kungiyar daga 1992 zuwa 1993.[2] A taron shekara-shekara na 1991 na reshen matasa na UUP, Ulster Young Unionist Council (UYUC), a lokacin tattaunawar da ba ta dace ba tsakanin jam'iyyun siyasa na tsarin mulki a Arewacin Ireland wanda Sakataren Gwamnati Peter Brooke ya fara, ta goyi bayan wani yunkuri da ke adawa da gwamnatin da aka ba da izini a Arewacin Irish, a maimakon haka ta yi kira ga lardin ya fi dacewa da sauran Burtaniya. An dauki motsi.[3] Bayan Zaben kananan hukumomi na 1993 a Arewacin Ireland, ta rubuta wasika ga Ulster Review, mujallar al'amuran yanzu ta UYUC, tana nuna adawa da shirye-shiryen raba iko tare da Jam'iyyar Social Democratic da Labour Party (SDLP) a cikin kananan hukumomi inda 'yan kungiyar ke da rinjaye, suna jayayya cewa saboda SDLP jam'iyya ce ta kasa da ke son ganin "mutuwa" na Arewacin Ireland wanda ba shi da burin zama cikakken' yan ƙasa na Burtaniya "sabili da haka ya kamata a hana su damar wannan zama 'yan ƙasa".[4] Da yake an haife ta a tsibirin Ireland, Foster kanta ta atomatik ta cancanci zama 'yar ƙasar Irish.

Bayan ta bar Jami'ar Sarauniya ta ci gaba da aiki a cikin UUP, inda ta shugabanci reshen matasa, UYUC, a shekarar 1995. A shekara ta 1996, ta zama Sakatariyar girmamawa ta hukumar UUP, Majalisar Ulster Unionist, matsayin da ta rike har sai da ta yi murabus daga UUP a ranar 18 ga Disamba 2003.  Ta kasance majalisa a Majalisar Gundumar Fermanagh wacce ke wakiltar Enniskillen daga 2005 zuwa 2010.

## Taron farko da aikin zartarwa (2003-2016)
An zabe ta a matsayin Ulster Unionist a zaben Majalisar Dokoki na 2003. Yayinda take memba na UUP, ta kasance wani ɓangare na "ƙungiyar dama a cikin UUP da aka sani da 'barristers'. " Sun yi tsayayya da shugaban jam'iyyar David Trimble, kuma sun kasance "ƙaya a gefen  bayan ya goyi bayan Yarjejeniyar Belfast . [his]

A shekara ta 2004, Foster ya yi murabus daga UUP kuma ya shiga Jam'iyyar Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), tare da 'yan majalisar Jeffrey Donaldson da Norah Beare .  An zaba ta a matsayin dan takarar DUP na Fermanagh da Kudancin Tyrone a Babban zaben Burtaniya na 2005, inda ta samu kashi 28.8% na kuri'un.

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