Executive of the 7th Northern Ireland Assembly

Executive of the 7th Northern Ireland Assembly
6th Executive of Northern Ireland
February 2024 – present
O'Neill and Little-Pengelly in 2024
Date formed	3 February 2024
People and organisations
Head of state	Charles III
Co-heads of government	Michelle O'Neill (First Minister) Emma Little-Pengelly (deputy First Minister)
Total no. of members	10 (+ 2 junior ministers)
Member party	Sinn Féin DUP Alliance UUP
Status in legislature	Power–sharing coalition 77 / 90 (86%)
Opposition party	SDLP
Opposition leader	Matthew O'Toole
History
Election	2022 Assembly election
Legislature term	7th Assembly
Predecessor	Executive of the 6th Assembly

This article is part of a series within the Politics of the United Kingdom on the
Politics of Northern Ireland
Executive Executive Committee First Minister Michelle O'Neill deputya First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly Civil Service Government departments  a Lowercase "d" per here.
Assembly Speaker Edwin Poots MLA Acts Committees Statutory rules Members (MLA)
Law Supreme Court (UK) Courts of Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland in the UK His Majesty's Government Northern Ireland Office Secretary of State Rt. Hon. Chris Heaton-Harris MP Interministerial Standing Committee Parliament of the United Kingdom Direct rule Grand Committee Select Committee Elections Current Westminster MPs
Northern Ireland and Ireland All-Ireland Good Friday Agreement North/South Ministerial Council British–Irish Council
Local government Local government in Northern Ireland Counties Districts
Category NI portal Other countries
v t e

The 6th Executive of Northern Ireland was appointed on 3 February 2024, following the 2022 election to the seventh Northern Ireland Assembly held on 5 May 2022 and the protracted negotiations leading up to the 2024 Northern Ireland Executive formation. The newly elected assembly met for the first time on 13 May 2022.^[1] It is led by Michelle O'Neill of Sinn Féin as First Minister and Emma Little-Pengelly of the DUP as deputy First Minister.