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Arlene Foster has described serving the people of Northern Ireland as the privilege of her life as she announced her resignation as DUP leader and Stormont First Minister. Mrs Foster will stand down as party leader on May 28 and as First Minister at the end of June after bowing to a major internal heave against her. The 50-year-old Fermanagh and South Tyrone Assembly Member suggested an intent to quit politics altogether, with her resignation statement speaking of preparing to “depart the political stage”. Prime Minister Boris Johnson was among those paying tribute to Mrs Foster. “I want to thank Arlene Foster @DUPleader for her dedication to the people of Northern Ireland over many years,” he tweeted. ....
Arlene Foster s tenure as DUP leader never far from controversy DUP leader Arlene Foster and deputy leader Nigel Dodds in Westminster, London, on September 12 2018 following a meeting with then British Prime Minister Theresa May and Northern Ireland Secretary Karen Bradley to discuss the powersharing impasse. Picture by Press Association David Young, PA 28 April, 2021 17:08 The internal push against Arlene Foster was the final twist in a leadership rollercoaster that has been seldom free of controversy. Her five years at the helm of the DUP witnessed some striking highs and lows. She has been ousted as Stormont First Minister in a row over a botched green energy scheme; led her party through three torturous years of on-off negotiations with Sinn Féin to restore powersharing; and – only a month after devolution finally returned – found herself navigating a fragile coalition through a global pandemic. ....
Charles McQuillan/Getty Images Arlene Foster has resigned as DUP leader and Northern Ireland first minister after three-quarters of her party’s Assembly members and half of its MPs signed a letter of no confidence in her. She said “she would step down as DUP leader on 28 May and as first minister at the end of June”, reports the BBC. Foster told Sky News that serving the people of Northern Ireland had been “the privilege of my life” and added: “The future of unionism and Northern Ireland will not be found in division. It will only be found in sharing this place we are privileged to call home.” ....