Michelle O'Neill is a Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin is a left wing, Irish republican political party in Ireland. The name is Irish for "ourselves" or "we ourselves", although it is frequently mistranslated as "ourselves alone". Originating in the Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, it took its current form in 1970...

 MLA

Member of the Legislative Assembly (Northern Ireland)

Member of the Legislative Assembly is a representative elected by the voters to the Northern Ireland Assembly in Northern Ireland.- About :...

 who has represented Mid Ulster in the Northern Ireland Assembly

Northern Ireland Assembly

The Northern Ireland Assembly is the devolved legislature of Northern Ireland. It has power to legislate in a wide range of areas that are not explicitly reserved to the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and to appoint the Northern Ireland Executive...

 since 2007

Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2007

The third elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly were held on 7 March 2007 when 108 new members were elected. The election saw endorsement of the St Andrews Agreement and the two largest parties, the Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Féin, along with the Alliance Party, increase their...

. O'Neill is also the current Mayor of Dungannon and South Tyrone. O'Neill has represented the Torrent electoral area on Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council

Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council

Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council is a local council in Northern Ireland. Its main town is Dungannon, where the council is headquartered. The council area covers the southern part of County Tyrone and has a population of nearly 48,000...

 since 2005.

On the 16th of May 2011 O'Neill was appointed as Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Stormont Executive.

Previously, in the Northern Ireland Assembly, O'Neill was the Deputy Chair of the Health Committee and she has spoken on issues such as rural school closures, which she opposed.