What is Ian Paisley?
[[File:DrIanPaisley.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Ian Paisley was the founder and long-time leader of the [[Democratic Unionist Party]].]] '''Ian Richard Kyle Paisley, Baron Bannside''' (6 April 1926 &ndash; 12 September 2014) was a [[politician]] and church minister in [[Northern Ireland]]. He founded the [[Democratic Unionist Party]] (DUP) in 1971 and was its leader until May 2008. He was born in [[Armagh]] and grew up in [[Ballymena]]. He founded the Free [[Presbyterian]] Church of Ulster in 1951 and was a [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for the [[constituency]] of North Antrim from 1970 to 2010. He was the First Minister of Northern Ireland from May 2007 to June 2008 at the head of an all-party government. He called himself the Reverend Doctor Ian Paisley. Paisley died in [[Belfast]] on 12 September 2014, aged 88.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-29177705|title=Former first minister and DUP leader Ian Paisley has died|date=12 September 2014|accessdate=26 January 2019|website=[[BBC News]]|publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref> At the time of his death, Paisley suffered from [[cardiomyopathy]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland/16911310|title=Ian Paisley admitted to Ulster hospital|date=6 February 2012|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=7 February 2012}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Paisley, Ian}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Democratic Unionist Party MPs]] [[Category:Leaders of political parties in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:United Kingdom Life Peers]] [[Category:MEPs for the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Democratic Unionist Party members of the Northern Ireland Assembly]] [[Category:Presbyterian ministers]] [[Category:Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:UK MPs 1970–1974]] [[Category:UK MPs 1974]] [[Category:UK MPs 1974–1979]] [[Category:UK MPs 1979–1983]] [[Category:UK MPs 1983–1987]] [[Category:UK MPs 1987–1992]] [[Category:UK MPs 1992–1997]] [[Category:UK MPs 1997–2001]] [[Category:U