Executive of the 3rd Northern Ireland Assembly

The Second Executive (8 May 2007 – 16 May 2011) is as under the terms of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 a power sharing coalition.

Devolution was restored to Northern Ireland on 8 May 2007 following the St Andrews Agreement, the March election saw the Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Féin emerge as the largest parties in the Assembly.

2nd Executive of Northern Ireland
{| class="wikitable" !Office !Name !Term !colspan="2"|Party ! style="background-color: ;" | ! style="background-color: ;" | ! style="background-color: ;" | ! style="background-color: ;" | ! style="background-color: ;" | ! style="background-color: ;" | ! style="background-color: ;" | ! style="background-color: ;" | ! style="background-color: ;" | ! style="background-color: ;" | ! style="background-color: ;" | ! style="background-color: ;" |
 * First Minister
 * Ian Paisley
 * 2007–08
 * 2007–08
 * DUP
 * Deputy First Minister
 * Martin McGuinness
 * 2007–11
 * 2007–11
 * Sinn Féin
 * Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
 * Michelle Gildernew
 * 2007–11
 * 2007–11
 * Sinn Féin
 * Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure
 * Edwin Poots
 * 2007–08
 * 2007–08
 * DUP
 * Minister of Education
 * Caitríona Ruane
 * 2007–11
 * 2007–11
 * Sinn Féin
 * Minister for Employment and Learning
 * Sir Reg Empey
 * 2007–10
 * 2007–10
 * UUP
 * Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment
 * Nigel Dodds
 * 2007–08
 * 2007–08
 * DUP
 * Minister of the Environment
 * Arlene Foster
 * 2007–08
 * 2007–08
 * DUP
 * Minister of Finance and Personnel
 * Peter Robinson
 * 2007–08
 * 2007–08
 * DUP
 * Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
 * Michael McGimpsey
 * 2007–11
 * 2007–11
 * UUP
 * Minister for Regional Development
 * Conor Murphy
 * 2007–11
 * 2007–11
 * Sinn Féin
 * Minister for Social Development
 * Margaret Ritchie
 * 2007–11
 * 2007–11
 * SDLP
 * colspan="5"|
 * colspan="5"|

Changes 5 June 2008
!Office !Name !Term !colspan="2"|Party ! style="background-color: ;" |
 * First Minister
 * Peter Robinson
 * 2008–10
 * 2008–10
 * DUP
 * Minister of Finance and Personnel
 * Vacant
 * 2008
 * colspan=2|
 * colspan="5"|
 * colspan="5"|
 * colspan="5"|

Changes 9 June 2008
!Office !Name !Term !colspan="2"|Party ! style="background-color: ;" | ! style="background-color: ;" | ! style="background-color: ;" | ! style="background-color: ;" |
 * Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure
 * Gregory Campbell
 * 2008–09
 * 2008–09
 * DUP
 * Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment
 * Arlene Foster
 * 2008–11
 * 2008–11
 * DUP
 * Minister of the Environment
 * Sammy Wilson
 * 2008–09
 * 2008–09
 * DUP
 * Minister of Finance and Personnel
 * Nigel Dodds
 * 2008–09
 * 2008–09
 * DUP
 * colspan="5"|
 * colspan="5"|

Changes 1 July 2009
!Office !Name !Term !colspan="2"|Party ! style="background-color: ;" | ! style="background-color: ;" | ! style="background-color: ;" |
 * Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure
 * Nelson McCausland
 * 2009–11
 * 2009–11
 * DUP
 * Minister of the Environment
 * Edwin Poots
 * 2009–11
 * 2009–11
 * DUP
 * Minister of Finance and Personnel
 * Sammy Wilson
 * 2009–11
 * 2009–11
 * DUP
 * colspan="5"|
 * colspan="5"|

Changes 11 January 2010
!Office !Name !Term !colspan="2"|Party ! style="background-color: ;" |
 * First Minister of Northern Ireland
 * Arlene Foster (acting)
 * 2010
 * 2010
 * DUP
 * colspan="5"|
 * colspan="5"|

Changes 3 February 2010
!Office !Name !Term !colspan="2"|Party ! style="background-color: ;" |
 * First Minister of Northern Ireland
 * Peter Robinson
 * 2010–11
 * 2010–11
 * DUP
 * colspan="5"|
 * colspan="5"|

Changes 12 April 2010
!Office !Name !Term !colspan="2"|Party ! style="background-color: ;" |
 * Minister of Justice
 * David Ford
 * 2010–11
 * 2010–11
 * Alliance
 * colspan="5"|
 * colspan="5"|

Changes 27 October 2010
!Office !Name !Term !colspan="2"|Party ! style="background-color: ;" |
 * Minister for Employment and Learning
 * Danny Kennedy
 * 2010–11
 * 2010–11
 * UUP
 * }