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Latest news on Sir Jeffrey Mark Donaldson, a Northern Irish politician who has served as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) since June 2021. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lagan Valley since 1997, and leader of the DUP in the UK House of Commons since 2019.
Donaldson was a member of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) until 2003 when he resigned and became a member of the DUP in the following year. He served in the Northern Ireland Executive from 2008 to 2009 as a Junior Minister for First Minister Peter Robinson. After Nigel Dodds lost his seat at the 2019 general election, Donaldson became the DUP Westminster leader.