Esmond Birnie

Esmond Birnie
Intertrade UK panel member
Assumed office
28 February 2025
Serving with Kirsty McManus, Suzanne Wylie, Roger Pollen and Angela McGowan
Appointed byHilary Benn
ChairBaroness Foster of Aghadrumsee
Preceded byposition established
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for Belfast South
In office
25 June 1998  7 March 2007
Preceded byBelfast Agreement
Personal details
Born (1965-01-06) 6 January 1965
Edinburgh, Scotland
NationalityBritish
Political partyUlster Unionist Party
Other political
affiliations
NI Conservative (Pre 1998)
Alma materCambridge University
Queen's University Belfast
ProfessionEconomist
Academic

John Esmond Birnie (born 6 January 1965) is a British economist, author and former unionist politician. He was an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Belfast South from 1998 until 2007.