Michael McGimpsey

Michael McGimpsey
Michael McGimpsey at a 2011 rally for the murdered police officer Ronan Kerr
Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
In office 8 May 2007 – 16 May 2011
First Minister	Peter Robinson
Preceded by	Office suspended Last incumbent: Bairbre de Brún
Succeeded by	Edwin Poots
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Belfast, South
In office 25 June 1998 – 7 May 2016
Preceded by	New Creation
Succeeded by	Christopher Stalford
Personal details
Born	(1948-06-01) 1 June 1948 (age 76) Donaghadee, Northern Ireland
Nationality	British
Political party	Ulster Unionist Party
Spouse	Maureen McGimpsey
Children	2
Residence	Newtownards
Alma mater	Trinity College, Dublin
Profession	Businessman

Michael McGimpsey (born 1 July 1948) is a former Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician who was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Belfast South from 1998 to 2016.

McGimpsey was born in Donaghadee, County Down and was educated in Regent House Grammar School and Trinity College, Dublin.^[1] He is a businessman aside from politics involved in property development,^[2] hotels and the hospitality sector. In the mid-1980s he came to prominence alongside his brother Christopher when they challenged the Anglo-Irish Agreement by bringing a suit against the Irish government in the High Court of the Republic of Ireland, arguing that the Agreement was invalid because it contradicted Articles 2 and 3 of the Constitution of Ireland^[3] (this argument was unusual coming from Unionists because of the traditional Unionist opposition to these two articles.) The case failed in the High Court, and again on appeal to the Supreme Court.