Carál Ní Chuilín has been a member of the Assembly for Belfast North since 2007 and served in the Executive as Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure from 2011 until 2016.
On 15th June 2020 Carál Ní Chuilín MLA was appointed as Minister for Communities as Deirdre Hargey MLA has temporarily stepped aside from the role for health reasons.