Jim Rodgers

Who is Jim Rodgers?

Jim Rodgers OBE is a politician from Northern Ireland who has twice been Lord Mayor of Belfast.

In 1996 he was elected to the Northern Ireland Peace Forum for East Belfast. Rodgers stood in the 1998, 2003 and 2007 Northern Ireland Assembly elections for East Belfast but was unsuccessful on each occasion.

He is a councillor for Victoria DEA on Belfast City Council and was elected as Lord Mayor of Belfast in 2001. Rodgers was again elected Lord Mayor in 2007, he had the backing of the Ulster Unionist Party group on the council and the Social Democratic and Labour Party.

Currently Rodgers is Chairman of Belfast Education and Library Board, Ex-Chairman of Belfast District Policing Partnership. He is also a member of the Sports Council and Northern Ireland Events Company. He is also a director of Glentoran FC.

At a DPP meeting in Short Strand Community centre on 15 June 2009 he claimed he had been attacked with eggs and stones by members of the IRSP.