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Doug Beattie

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Gender Male
Age 58
Born Hampshire
United Kingdom
Party Ulster Unionist Party
ResidencePortadown
United Kingdom
County Armagh
United Kingdom
Northern Ireland
United Kingdom
Job Soldier
Politician
Books Reaper
Task Force Helmand: A Soldier's Story of Life, Death and Combat on the Afghan Front Line
An Ordinary Soldier: Afghanistan : a Ferocious Enemy : a Bloody Conflict : One Man's Impossible Mission
Awards Military Cross
Date of birth October 13,1965
Zodiac sign Libra
Position Member of the Legislative Assembly of Northern Ireland since 2016
Education Royal Military College, Sandhurst
Battleswar The Troubles
Kosovo War
Iraq War
War in Afghanistan
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Date of Upd.
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Doug Beattie Life story


Douglas Ricardo Beattie MC MLA is a Northern Irish politician and former member of the British Army, who has been leader of the Ulster Unionist Party since 27 May 2021. He has been a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Upper Bann since 2016. He is characterised as a 'progressive' and 'liberal' unionist.

Downing Street deletes post about Northern Ireland with Irish flag

Downing Street deletes post about Northern Ireland with Irish flag
Nov 21,2023 6:31 am

... Ulster Unionist Party leader Doug Beattie said the post showed Westminster did not " understand us or know us" and used the incident to reiterate his support for a return to power-sharing in Northern Ireland...

Simon Byrne: DUP submits no confidence motion in chief constable

Simon Byrne: DUP submits no confidence motion in chief constable
Sep 1,2023 7:21 pm

... Ulster Unionist Party leader Doug Beattie said the chief constable should step down and " controlled change" was needed at the top of the organisation...

PSNI Chief Constable Simon Byrne has to resign, says DUP

PSNI Chief Constable Simon Byrne has to resign, says DUP
Aug 30,2023 6:00 am

... " Ulster Unionist Party leader Doug Beattie said he could not have confidence in the senior management team of the PSNI and that questions need to be answered on whether there was political interference in the disciplining of the officers, perceived or actual...

Kneecap at Féile an Phobail: The Irish rappers who want to rile you up

Kneecap at Féile an Phobail: The Irish rappers who want to rile you up
Aug 10,2023 10:50 pm

... DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said the mural was " offensive to every serving police officer in Northern Ireland and to many in the wider community" while UUP leader Doug Beattie accused the group of " foster(ing) hatred" and " grooming a new generation of young people with insidious messaging"...

NI council elections 2023: Restore Stormont Executive now, Sinn Féin urges

NI council elections 2023: Restore Stormont Executive now, Sinn Féin urges
May 21,2023 4:10 am

... The leaders of both parties, Doug Beattie and Colum Eastwood, dismissed any suggestion they would leave their positions after the election...

NI council elections 2023: Sinn Féin on track to win most seats

NI council elections 2023: Sinn Féin on track to win most seats
May 20,2023 2:40 am

... The Ulster Unionist Party has also been facing a battle to hold its ground but its leader Doug Beattie said unionism was likely to take a hit across the board...

Starmer to urge Sunak to put NI above 'Brexit purity cult'

Starmer to urge Sunak to put NI above 'Brexit purity cult'
Jan 13,2023 12:41 am

... Ulster Unionist Party leader Doug Beattie said the protocol negotiations were were being kept " tight" and that he did not see " much light coming out of them"...

Dungannon Road: Three dead and five injured after crash near Cookstown

Dungannon Road: Three dead and five injured after crash near Cookstown
Dec 26,2022 7:01 pm

... " In a tweet, Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) leader Doug Beattie said: " I just can t imagine the horror those who survived have endured and the scene faced by the emergency services...

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