Follow live as ArleneFosterUK gives evidence to the UK Covid-19 inquiry in London.
The Democratic Unionist Party politician entered office as first minister of Northern Ireland for the second time in January 2020.
Just weeks after taking up the role she was at the forefront of the devolved Northern Ireland Executive’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, along with Deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill from Sinn Féin.The two women often fronted televised press conferences along with other figures such as the NI health minister, chief medical officer and chief scientific advisor.
However these press conferences stopped for a number of months during the summer of 2020 after relations between Foster and O’Neill became strained when the deputy first minister was criticised for joining about 2,000 mourners at the funeral of a senior republican at a time when many restrictions were still in place.
Foster was forced out of office after a letter of no confidence was signed by many of her party's elected representatives in April 2021, officially resigning two months later. She was later made a dame commander of the Order of the British Empire and subsequently a baronness, allowing her to sit in the House of Lords.
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