Arlene Foster of the Democratic Unionist Party as First Minister and Martin McGuinness of Sinn Féin as deputy First Minister.
The First Minister and deputy First Minister are the joint heads of the Northern Ireland Executive and have overall responsibility for the running of the Executive Office. The two positions have the same governmental power; despite the name, the deputy First Minister is not subordinate to the First Minister. Created under the terms of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, both were initially nominated and appointed by members of the Northern Ireland Assembly on a joint ticket by a cross-community vote, using consociational principles. That process was changed following the 2006 St Andrews Agreement, meaning that the First Minister and deputy First Minister are now nominated separately by the largest parties in each of the two largest community designations in the assembly. The incumbents are Arlene Foster of the Democratic Unionist Party as First Minister and Martin McGuinness of Sinn Féin as deputy First Minister.
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Location: Stormont Castle, Belfast, North of Ireland, Northern Ireland
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