George Robinson MBE (born 30 May 1941) is a former Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician in Northern Ireland, who was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for East Londonderry from 2003 until 2022.
His father died of tuberculosis in 1964 and his mother at a "fairly young" age, leaving George to look after his siblings.
Robinson welcomed a visit from the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh, saying, "Last Tuesday and Wednesday were special days in Northern Ireland".
[2] In 2003, Robinson was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly as one of two DUP representatives for the East Londonderry constituency.
On 17 March 2022, citing his age as a factor,[3] Robinson announced that he would be retiring as an MLA at the 2022 Assembly election[4] In a statement, he said: "At the last election I contested in 2017 and at the ripe old age of 75 it was said by a Nationalist opponent; 'when will we ever get rid of Robinson?'