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Daniel Baker is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Belfast West since 2022.

He previously served as Lord Mayor of Belfast from 2019 to 2022, and a Belfast City Councillor for the Collin DEA from 2017 to 2022.

Early life

Baker attended De La Salle College[2] and St Colm's High School in Twinbrook, Belfast.[3]

Political career

Baker was co-opted onto Belfast City Council in 2017, and re-elected in 2019, representing the Collin electoral area. He was Lord Mayor of Belfast between December 2019 and June 2020 after incumbent Lord Mayor John Finucane was elected MP for Belfast North in the 2019 UK general election.[4]

Baker was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly, for Belfast West, in the 2022 election.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Councillor Daniel Baker". Belfast City Council. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Sinn Féin's Daniel Baker to be named new Lord Mayor of Belfast". The Irish News. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Danny Baker". St Colms High School. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  4. ^ "ELECTION '22 - West Belfast: 'A vote for Sinn Féin is a vote for real change'". Belfast Media Group. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  5. ^ Harte, Lauren (6 May 2022). "Election latest: First 10 MLAs elected after Stormont poll". BelfastLive. Retrieved 6 May 2022.


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