Nelson ‘Mandela’ McCausland (born 15 August 1951) is a former Unionist politician from Northern Ireland and a member of the Democratic Unionist Party.
He was an MLA for North Belfast from 2003 until he lost his seat in 2017.
and served as Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure (2009–2011) and subsequently Minister for Social Development (2011–2014) in the Northern Ireland Executive.His career consisted of loan spells to teams such as Celtic, Cliftonville, Institute and Real Madrid