Michelle O'Neill: First Minister of Northern Ireland
Michelle O'Neill is First Minister of Northern Ireland (Northern Ireland, United Kingdom), according to The Executive Office (executiveoffice-ni.gov.uk).
Posts held
- First Minister of Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. Part of level 5: Devolved and state governments.
Source: Executive Office Ministers, read 3 November 2026 (saved copy). The page says: “Michelle O’Neill MLA is the First Minister and Emma Little-Pengelly MLA is the deputy First Minister.”
Where Michelle O'Neill sits in the ladder of power
As First Minister of Northern Ireland, Michelle O'Neill works at level 5: Devolved and state governments, below the national government of United Kingdom. The full ladder of power over Northern Ireland is on its page.
Above that, United Kingdom is a member of:
- NATO level 8
- G7 level 10
- G20 level 10
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) level 8
- International Monetary Fund level 9
- World Bank Group level 9
Who else holds power in United Kingdom
- King Charles III King, United Kingdom
- Andrew Burnham Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- Ed Miliband Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Where these facts come from
Every post above is copied from an official record, linked beside it with the date it was read. The UN Protocol and Liaison Service publishes the list governments give it of their head of state, head of government and foreign minister. Names are as the source prints them, without honorifics. How this site is made.
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