| Deirdre Hargey | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MLA |
| Office: | Minister for the Economy |
| Termlabel: | Interim |
| Term Start: | 8 May 2024 |
| Firstminister: | Michelle O'Neill |
| Predecessor: | Conor Murphy |
| Office1: | Minister for Communities |
| Term Start1: | 16 December 2020 |
| Term End1: | 27 October 2022 |
| Firstminister1: | Arlene Foster Paul Givan Vacant |
| Predecessor1: | Carál Ní Chuilín |
| Successor1: | Gordon Lyons (2024) |
| Term Start2: | 11 January 2020 |
| Term End2: | 14 June 2020 |
| Firstminister2: | Arlene Foster |
| Predecessor2: | Paul Givan (2017) |
| Successor2: | Carál Ní Chuilín |
| Constituency Am3: | Belfast South |
| Assembly3: | Northern Ireland |
| Term Start3: | 9 January 2020 |
| Predecessor3: | Máirtín Ó Muilleoir |
| Office4: | 75th Lord Mayor of Belfast |
| Deputy4: | Emmet McDonough-Brown |
| Term Start4: | 1 June 2018 |
| Term End4: | 1 June 2019 |
| Predecessor4: | Nuala McAllister |
| Successor4: | John Finucane |
| Office5: | Member of Belfast City Council |
| Constituency5: | Botanic |
| Term Start5: | 22 March 2014 |
| Term End5: | 9 January 2020 |
| Predecessor5: | District created |
| Successor5: | John Gormley[1] |
| Constituency6: | Laganbank |
| Term Start6: | October 2010 |
| Term End6: | 22 May 2014 |
| Predecessor6: | Alex Maskey |
| Successor6: | District abolished |
| Birth Date: | 1980 |
| Birth Place: | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Nationality: | Irish |
| Party: | Sinn Féin |
| Residence: | Belfast |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Term End: | 28 May 2024 |
| Successor: | Conor Murphy |
Deirdre Hargey (born 1980) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Belfast South since 2020. She previously served as Lord Mayor of Belfast from 2018 to 2019, and as a Belfast City Councillor for the Botanic (formerly Laganbank) DEA from 2011 to 2020. Hargey was Minister for Communities from 2020 to 2022 and briefly served as interim Minister for the Economy in May 2024.
Hargey was first elected to Belfast City Council at the 2011 local elections, representing the Laganbank District. She was later re-elected to the successor Botanic District in 2014.
She was re-elected to Belfast City Council at the 2019 election.
Hargey was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2020, to replace Máirtín Ó Muilleoir.[2] She was appointed as Minister for Communities at the formation of the 6th Executive on 11 January 2020. On 15 June 2020, Carál Ní Chuilín replaced her as minister on a temporary basis, due to Hargey's ill health.
On 8 May 2024, she was appointed as Minister for the Economy on a temporary basis, due to Conor Murphy standing down for medical reasons.[3] She affirmed the pledge of office on 9 May 2024.