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Name: Sir Reg Empey KB.OBE.BSc.
Party: Ulster Unionist Party
Constituency: East Belfast
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Place and Date of Birth: Belfast
26.10.1947
Married: Yes
Family: 1 son 1 daughter
Education:

Royal School, Armagh.
Queen's University, Belfast.

Occupation and brief
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Brief outline of public/
political career:
1998 - date  Member of Northern Ireland Assembly.
1999 - 2002 Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Industry.
1985 - date  Belfast City Councillor.
1989/90 & 1993/94 Lord Mayor of Belfast.
1988/89 Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast.
1994 - 2002  Member , European Committee of the Regions.
Other memberships/ interests/
achievements/ awards:

Ulster Young Unionist 1967 - 68 Council Publicity Officer, 1968 - 72 Vice Chairman, 1974 - 75 Chairman, Vanguard Unionist Party.
1975 - 76 Member (East Belfast), Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention.
1985 - 89 Member Belfast Harbour Commission.
1985 - 86 Eastern Health and Social Services Board.
1987 - date Ulster Unionist Council (Hon. Sec. 1990 -96, Vice President since 1996).
1992 - 98 Board: Laganside Corporation.
1992 -2001 Police Authority for Northern Ireland.
KB 1999.