Stephen FARRY

Political career: Alliance Party

Assembly Candidate for North Down

Alliance Party General Secretary, 2000-present.

Alliance Party Justice Spokesperson, 1998-present.

Alliance Party Policy Officer, 2000.

Alliance Party Organiser 1997-2000.

Talks Negotiator, 1997-present.

Political Career: North Down Borough Council

Member North Down Borough Council, representing Abbey DEA, 1993-present.

Deputy Mayor, 2002-2003.

Leader of Alliance Group, 1995-present.

Chair, Queen's Parade and Upper Main Street Working Group, 1999-present

Chair Finance Sub-Committee, 1998-present (helped create the lowest rate rise of all the 26 Councils over the past decade).

Director of Bangor and Holywood Town Centre Management Ltd.

Other:

Consultant Trainer for the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs in Croatia and Bosnia. Completed five missions between 1997-2000.

Senior Fellow, United States Institute of Peace, 2005-2006

Employed as General Secretary of the Alliance Party.

Education:

Queen's University, Belfast: BSSc (1st Class) Politics;

PhD: International Relations (United Nations in the post-Cold War Era).