Arlene Foster Becomes First Female Leader Of The DUP

BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - DECEMBER 17: The new DUP leader Arlene Foster (R) is congratulated by outgoing leader Peter Robinson (L) at the Park Avenue hotel after the Democratic Unionist Party electoral college meeting on December 17, 2015 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Arlene Foster succeeds Peter Robinson and becomes the first female leader of the Democratic Unionist Party. No other nominations were put forward for the role of leader. Mrs Foster will also be appointed as the new Northern Ireland first minister in the coming weeks. The former Ulster Unionist Party member has enjoyed a rapid rise through the ranks of the DUP following her defection in 2004, twice standing in as temporary first minister for Peter Robinson in times of personal and political crisis. The DUP remain the largest political party within the provinces' Executive government. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)