DCAL Ministers, Permanent Secretary, and departmental board members

Nelson McCausland, MLA, was appointed Minister for Culture, Arts and Leisure in the Northern Ireland Executive from Tuesday 30 June.

He was educated at Belfast Royal Academy, Worcester College, Oxford and Queens University, Belfast and is a former teacher.

He was elected to Belfast City Council in 1989 and has represented the Council on the Ulster Museum, Ulster Folk and Transport Museum and Belfast Education and Library Board.  He was the director of the Ulster-Scots Heritage Council from 1997 to 2003 and has been a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly since 2003 for the North Belfast Constituency.