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Emma Pengelly

Emma Pengelly
Junior Minister at the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister
In office
28 October 2015 – 25 May 2016
Serving with Jennifer McCann
Preceded by Michelle McIlveen
Succeeded by Alastair Ross
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for Belfast South
Assumed office
28 September 2015
Preceded by Jimmy Spratt
Personal details
Born Emma Little
(1980-01-01) 1 January 1980 (age 37)
Markethill, Northern Ireland
Nationality British
Political party Democratic Unionist Party
Spouse(s) Richard Pengelly
Residence Belfast, County Antrim
Alma mater Queen's University Belfast
Profession Barrister
Religion Anglican

Emma Pengelly (née Little; born 1 January 1980) is a Democratic Unionist Party politician in Northern Ireland. and an MLA for Belfast South.

She replaced Jimmy Spratt in 2015 following his retirement due to ill health.

On 28 October 2015, Pengelly was appointed as a junior minister in the Northern Ireland Executive Office.

Emma Pengelly is the daughter of the loyalist activist Noel Little. He was absent from her life between the ages of nine and eleven following an arrest for arms trafficking.

Pengelly is married to Richard Pengelly, who is the Permanent Secretary at the Department of Health.



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