| Caoimhe Archibald | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MLA |
| Office: | Minister of Finance |
| Firstminister: | Michelle O'Neill |
| Term Start: | 3 February 2024 |
| Predecessor: | Conor Murphy (2022) |
| Constituency Am1: | East Londonderry |
| Assembly1: | Northern Ireland |
| Term Start1: | 7 May 2016 |
| Predecessor1: | Cathal Ó hOisín |
| Birth Date: | 1981 2, df=yes[1] |
| Birth Place: | Coleraine, Northern Ireland |
| Nationality: | Irish |
| Party: | Sinn Féin |
| Website: | Official webpage |
Caoimhe Archibald (born 20 February 1981) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician, who has served as the Minister of Finance in Northern Ireland since February 2024.
Archibald is a native of Coleraine where she attended Loreto College. She proceeded to Queen's University, Belfast where she obtained a BSc and PhD in molecular mycology.[2] She then worked for an agri-food company in Dublin.[3]
She unsuccessfully stood for election in the East Londonderry Westminster constituency at the 2015 UK general election, polling 6,859 votes, equating to 19.8% of the total vote.[4]
She was elected as an MLA at the 2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election, to represent the East Londonderry constituency. She won the seat from her party running mate Cathal Ó hOisín.[5] She was re-elected in 2017 and 2022.[6] [7]