Ulster Unionist Party Presidents and General Secretaries

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The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) was founded in Northern Ireland in 1905. Early leadership records are incomplete.

Presidents

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

Name	Term start	Term end	Notes
James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn	1905	19??
James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon	19??	19??
J. M. Andrews	19??	19??
Herbert Dixon, 1st Baron Glentoran	1947	19??
Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough	195?	19??
Clarence Graham	1963	196?
Jack Andrews	1969	1973?
James G. Cunningham	1973?	1980
George Anthony Clark	1980	1990
Josias Cunningham	1990	2000
Martin Smyth	2000	2004
Dennis Rogan	2004	2006
Robert John White	2006	2008	Office merged with that of Chairman - incumbent Chairman David Campbell continuing
May Steele	2016	2020	Honorary President - term ceased on her death
Daphne Trimble	13 March 2023	Incumbent	Honorary President^[1]

General secretaries

A list of General Secretaries of the Ulster Unionist Council.^[2] From 1998 until 2007, the post was "Chief Executive of the Ulster Unionist Party".^[3]

References

^ "Lady Daphne Trimble appointed UUP Honorary President". UUP Live. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
^ "Ulster Unionist Party: Party History". Archived from the original on 20 October 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c "New chief exec for UUP". Belfast Telegraph. 3 April 2005.

v t e Ulster Unionist Party
Leaders	Saunderson Long Carson Craigavon Andrews Brookeborough O'Neill Chichester-Clark Faulkner West Molyneaux Trimble Empey Elliott Nesbitt Swann Aiken Beattie
Deputy Leaders	McCusker Taylor Empey & Beggs Kennedy McCallister Butler
Chairman	Rogan Cooper Campbell Empey Kennedy
President	Hamilton Craig J. M. Andrews Dixon Brooke Graham J. L. O. Andrews J. G. Cunningham Clark J. Cunningham Smyth Rogan White Steele (honorary)
General Secretary	Gibson Bates Hungerford Douglas Bailie Hutton Millar Wilson Boyd Patterson Rea Corry Wilson C. McCusker
Leadership elections	1969 1971 1974 1979 March 1995 September 1995 2000 2004 2005 2010 2012 2017 2019 2021 2024
Organisational structure	Young Unionists
History and related organisations	Progenitor: Irish Unionist Alliance Allies: Labour Unionists/Liberal Unionist/Conservatives Offshoots: Vanguard (1973–78)/NI21 (2013-16) Electoral alliance: UCUNF (2009)
Lists	List of Ulster Unionist Party MPs Ulster Unionist Party Presidents and General Secretaries List of Ulster Unionist Party Peers
Other topics	Chief Whip Election results Electoral history

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