Arlene Foster Honoured By Queen Along With Rebel Conservative MP

Northern Ireland First Minister Arlene Foster (R) and Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill (L) hold a press conference after touring the province’s largest COVID-19 vaccination centre as it opens at the Odyssey SSE Arena in Belfast on March 29, 2021. Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

The former leader of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), Arlene Foster, and four MPs have been knighted by the Queen.

Foster, 51, was the First Minister of Northern Ireland from 2016 to 2017 and again—after three years of political deadlock with Sinn Fein—between January 2020 and January 2021.