David Rose is a Northern Irish unionist politician who was general secretary of NI21 from its foundation in 2013 to 2014.
Rose first came to prominence as a member of the Progressive Unionist Party (PUP).
In 2010, Rose resigned from the PUP, shortly after its leader, Dawn Purvis, had resigned, and following the murder of Bobby Moffett by the Ulster Volunteer Force, a paramilitary group with links with the party.
[3] In 2013, he played a leading role in the formation of a new unionist party, NI21,[4] and was appointed as its first general secretary.
[5] Rose has also served on a policing board,[4] and has trained political parties in several countries.