Michelle McIlveen MLA (born 21 January 1971) is a Northern Irish unionist politician, serving as General Secretary of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) since 2008. she is the party's Spokesperson for Environment, Climate and Fisheries.

[1] She served as Minister for Education from June 2021 to October 2022, and a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Strangford since 2007.

[2] [3] McIlveen was first elected as a councillor to Ards Borough Council in 2005, representing the Newtownards District.

McIlveen then served as the Minister of Agriculture, Environment, and Rural Affairs from 2016 until the collapse of the Northern Ireland Executive in January 2017.

On 14 June 2021, McIlveen, a former teacher, was appointed as the Minister for Education by the DUP leader Edwin Poots.