Paul Frew
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Paul Frew | |
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 Frew in 2024 | |
| Minister for the Economy | |
| In office 14 June 2021 – 6 July 2021 | |
| Preceded by | The Lady Dodds of Duncairn |
| Succeeded by | Gordon Lyons |
| Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for North Antrim | |
| Assumed office 21 June 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Ian Paisley, Jr |
| Ballymena Borough Councillor for Braid | |
| In office 5 May 2005 – 22 May 2014 | |
| Preceded by | David Clyde |
| Succeeded by | Council abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 September 1974 (age 51) Kells, Northern Ireland |
| Party | DUP |
Paul Frew (born 20 September 1974) is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician who served as Minister for the Economy from June to July 2021. He has been a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for North Antrim since 2010. Frew is the DUP's Tourism and Hospitality Spokesperson.[1]
Frew was previously a Ballymena Borough Councillor for the Braid DEA from 2005 to 2014.
A native of Kells, he is an electrician by trade and did not go to third-level education, commenting in one interview "my university was the building sites of Belfast".[2]
He served in the Royal Irish Regiment.[3]
Frew joined the DUP in 2000, and was elected at the 2005 local elections to Ballymena Borough Council, representing the Braid District.
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
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In 2010, he replaced Ian Paisley, Jr as a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for North Antrim.[4]
In June 2021, Frew was appointed Minister for the Economy, succeeding party colleague Diane Dodds.[5][6] A month later, he was replaced by Gordon Lyons.[7][8]
He plays the spoons.[2]
- ^ "Paul Frew MLA". DUP. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ a b "DUP's Paul Frew: 'I didn't fall out with my dad when he owned up to selling illegal cigarettes but I wasn't happy. Crime is crime, and what he did was wrong'". Belfasttelegraph.
- ^ "Paul Frew" Archived 3 February 2013 at archive.today Stratagem-NI.com
- ^ "Paul Frew MLA". DUP. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ "Paul Frew: The libertarian electrician now charged with sparking the north's economic recovery". Irish News. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
- ^ "Let's build our economy back stronger than ever – Frew". Department for the Economy. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
- ^ "DUP: Gordon Lyons replaces Paul Frew as NI economy minister". BBC News. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
- ^ "Frew replaced as NI Economy Minister in DUP reshuffle". RTE. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2025.