The Minister for Community Relations was a member of the

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in the

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which governed

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from 1922 to 1972. The post was created in 1969 and lasted until 1972. It was vacant for a month in 1971, after

David Bleakley David Wylie Bleakley CBE (11 January 1925 26 June 2017) was a politician and peace campaigner in Northern Ireland. Born in the Strandtown district of Belfast, Bleakley worked as an electrician in the Harland and Wolff dockyards while becomi ...

resigned. Bleakley was not a member of the

, and was therefore limited to holding a ministerial post for a maximum period of six months.

References

The Government of Northern Ireland
{{Northern Ireland ministerial positions 1921-72 1969 establishments in Northern Ireland 1972 disestablishments in Northern Ireland Executive Committee of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland