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Nigel Alexander Dodds, OBE, PC, MP (born 20 August 1958) is a Northern Irish barrister and unionist politician. He is Member of Parliament (MP) for Belfast North, and deputy leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). He has been Lord Mayor of Belfast twice, and from 1993 has been General Secretary of the DUP. Since June 2008 he has also been Deputy Leader of the DUP. Dodds became North Belfast's MP in the 2001 UK general elections. He has served in the past as a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and as Minister of Finance in the Northern Ireland Executive. ==Background== Nigel Dodds was born in Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland,〔 and was educated at Portora Royal School, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh,〔Debrett's People of Today〕 and studied Law at St John's College, Cambridge from which he graduated with a first-class degree, and where he won the university scholarship, McMahan studentship and Winfield Prize for Law.〔 Upon graduation, he returned to Northern Ireland and, after studying at the Institute of Professional Legal Studies at Queen's University, Belfast (IPLS), was called to the Northern Irish bar.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Stratagem profile )〕 After working as a barrister he worked at the Secretariat of the European Parliament from 1984-96.〔 His father Joe, was a long-standing DUP member of Fermanagh District Council until his death in 2008.〔(DUP profile ) 〕 He is married to Diane Dodds; they have one son and one daughter, and live in Banbridge, County Down. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nigel Dodds」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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