The Archive · 1940

New Premier of North Ireland Selected Mr, John Andrews to Take Post Temporarily

London, No

The: new Prime Minister of Northern. Ireland will be Mr. John Miller Andrews, who has been Minister of Finance in Northern Ireland's Cabinet since 1937. He will continue to hold office as Minister of Finance, according to a statement issued officially after a meeting of the Cabinet yesterda:

Mr. Andrews accepted the office of Premier until the Unionist Council das chosen a new party leader. He has been closely associated with the late Lord Craigavon and was known as the latter's right hand man—

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