| Paul Frew | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MLA |
| Office: | Minister for the Economy |
| Term Start: | 14 June 2021 |
| Term End: | 6 July 2021 |
| Predecessor: | The Lady Dodds of Duncairn |
| Successor: | Gordon Lyons |
| Constituency Am1: | North Antrim |
| Assembly1: | Northern Ireland |
| Term Start1: | 21 June 2010 |
| Predecessor1: | Ian Paisley, Jr |
| Birth Date: | 20 September 1974 |
| Birth Place: | Kells, Northern Ireland |
| Party: | DUP |
Paul Frew (born 20 September 1974) is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician who served as Minister for the Economy from June to July 2021. He has been a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for North Antrim since 2010. Frew is the DUP's Tourism and Hospitality Spokesperson.[1]
Frew was previously a Ballymena Borough Councillor for the Braid DEA from 2005 to 2014.
A native of Kells, he is an electrician by trade and didn't go to third-level education, commenting in one interview "my university was the building sites of Belfast".[2]
He served in the Royal Irish Regiment.[3]
Frew joined the DUP in 2000, and was elected at the 2005 local elections to Ballymena Borough Council, representing the Braid District.
In 2010, he replaced Ian Paisley, Jr as a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for North Antrim.[4]
He plays the spoons.[2]