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| First Minister | David Trimble |
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| Assumed office 25 June 1998 |
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| Born | May 23, 1950 Derry, Northern Ireland |
| Political party | Sinn Féin |
| Spouse | Bernadette McGuinness |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Website | Martin McGuinness MP MLA |
James Martin Pacelli McGuinness (Irish: Máirtín Mag Aonghusa;[1] born in Derry on 23 May 1950) is the deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Member of the Legislative Assembly ( MLA) is a representative elected by the voters to the Northern Ireland Assembly in Northern Ireland. The First Minister and the deputy First Minister (Irish Céad-Aire agus an Leas-Chéad-Aire, Ulster Scots: Heid Männystèr an tha Heid Männystèr depute Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Ian Richard Kyle Paisley (born 6 April 1926 styled The Rt Hon Peter David Robinson (born 29 December 1948) is a Northern Irish Politician and is the current First Minister of Northern Ireland Mark Henry Durkan (born 26 June 1960 Derry, Northern Ireland) is a nationalist politician in Northern Ireland and the leader of the Social Democratic The Department of Education ( DE) ( Irish: An Roinn Oideachais, Ulster Scots: Männystrie o Lear) is a Devolved Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. William David Trimble Baron Trimble (born 15 October 1944 is a Northern Irish Politician from Northern Ireland who served as leader of the Ulster Caitríona Ruane MLA (born 1962 in Swinford, County Mayo) is a Sinn Féin politician and a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly Mid Ulster is a Parliamentary Constituency in the British House of Commons. Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Robert Thomas William McCrea (born August 6, 1948) is a politician from Northern Ireland, and a member of the Democratic Unionist Party. The Northern Ireland Assembly ( Irish: Tionól Thuaisceart Éireann, Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann Semmlie) is the devolved Mid Ulster is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. Events 524 - Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of Sinn Féin () is a political party in Ireland. The current party led by Gerry Adams was formed following a split in January 1970 Irish (ga ''Gaeilge'' is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish. Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The First Minister and the deputy First Minister (Irish Céad-Aire agus an Leas-Chéad-Aire, Ulster Scots: Heid Männystèr an tha Heid Männystèr depute
A Sinn Féin politician and former Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) leader, McGuinness is the MP for the Mid Ulster constituency, the seat once held by Bernadette Devlin McAliskey. Sinn Féin () is a political party in Ireland. The current party led by Gerry Adams was formed following a split in January 1970 The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Óglaigh na hÉireann ( IRA; also referred to as the PIRA, the Provos, or by some of its supporters as the A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Mid Ulster is a Parliamentary Constituency in the British House of Commons. Josephine Bernadette Devlin McAliskey (born 23 April 1947, in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland) also known as Bernadette Devlin Like all Sinn Féin MPs, McGuinness practises abstentionism at Westminster. Abstentionism is standing for Election to a Deliberative assembly while refusing to take up any seats won or otherwise participate in the assembly's business He is also a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for the same constituency. The Northern Ireland Assembly ( Irish: Tionól Thuaisceart Éireann, Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann Semmlie) is the devolved Following the St Andrews Agreement and the Assembly election in 2007, he became deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland with Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Ian Paisley as First Minister of Northern Ireland on 8 May 2007. The St Andrews Agreement (or Comhaontú Chill Rímhinn in Irish) was an agreement between the British and Irish Governments and the political The third elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly were held on 7 March 2007 when 108 new members were selected The First Minister and the deputy First Minister (Irish Céad-Aire agus an Leas-Chéad-Aire, Ulster Scots: Heid Männystèr an tha Heid Männystèr depute The Democratic Unionist Party ( DUP) is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. Ian Richard Kyle Paisley (born 6 April 1926 styled The Rt Hon The First Minister and the deputy First Minister (Irish Céad-Aire agus an Leas-Chéad-Aire, Ulster Scots: Heid Männystèr an tha Heid Männystèr depute Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. He was re-appointed, with Peter Robinson as First Minister, on 5 June 2008. Events 70 - Titus and his Roman Legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common [2] He served as Minister for Education in the Northern Ireland Executive between 1999 and 2002. The Northern Ireland Executive is the executive arm of the Northern Ireland Assembly, the devolved Legislature for Northern Ireland
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Provisional IRA activity
McGuinness joined the IRA around 1970 at the age of 20, after the Troubles broke out. By the start of 1972, at the age of 21, he was second-in-command of the IRA in Derry, a position he held at the time of Bloody Sunday. Bloody Sunday (Domhnach na Fola is the term used to describe an incident in Derry, Northern Ireland, on 30 January 1972 in which 26 [3]
McGuinness negotiated alongside Gerry Adams with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Willie Whitelaw, in 1972. Gerry Adams, MLA, MP (Gearóid Mac Ádhaimh born 6 October 1948 is an Irish Republican politician and abstentionist Westminster The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is the chief minister in the Government of the United Kingdom with responsibilities for Northern Ireland William Stephen Ian Whitelaw 1st Viscount Whitelaw, KT, CH, MC, PC, DL (28 June 1918 &ndash 1 July 1999 commonly known as He was convicted by the Republic of Ireland's Special Criminal Court in 1973, after being caught with a car containing 250 lb (113 kg) of explosives and nearly 5,000 rounds of ammunition. Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. The Special Criminal Court (Cúirt Choiriúil Speisialta is a Juryless criminal Court in the Republic of Ireland which tries terrorist and He refused to recognize the court, and was sentenced to six months imprisonment. In the court he declared his membership of the Provisional Irish Republican Army without equivocation: 'We have fought against the killing of our people. The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Óglaigh na hÉireann ( IRA; also referred to as the PIRA, the Provos, or by some of its supporters as the . . I am a member of Óglaigh na hÉireann and very, very proud of it'. [4]
After his release, and another conviction in the Republic for IRA membership, he became increasingly prominent in Sinn Féin, the political wing of the Republican Movement. The Republican Movement is a collective term used to describe the Irish Republican Army (IRA and other political social and paramilitary organisations associated with it He was in indirect contact with British intelligence during the hunger strikes in the early 1980s, and in the early 1990s. The 1981 Irish hunger strike was the culmination of a five-year protest during The Troubles by Irish republican prisoners in Northern Ireland. [5] He was elected to a short-lived assembly at Stormont in 1982, and was then banned from entering Great Britain under the Prevention of Terrorism Act. Parliament Buildings, known as Stormont because of its location in the Stormont area of Belfast, served as the seat of the Parliament of Northern Ireland See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands The Prevention of Terrorism Acts were a series of Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1974 to 1989 that conferred emergency powers upon police forces [6]
Chief negotiator and Minister for Education
He became Sinn Féin's chief negotiator in the time leading to the Belfast Agreement. The Agreement, most often referred to as the Belfast Agreement (Comhaontú Bhéal Feirste Belfast Greeance or the Good Friday Agreement (Comhaontú Aoine an He became MP for Mid Ulster in 1997, and after the Agreement was concluded, was returned as a member of the Assembly, and nominated by his party for a ministerial position in the power-sharing executive, where he became Minister for Education. The Northern Ireland Executive is the executive arm of the Northern Ireland Assembly, the devolved Legislature for Northern Ireland One of his controversial acts as Minister for Education was his decision to scrap the 11-plus exam, which he himself had failed as a schoolchild. In the United Kingdom the Eleven Plus or Transfer Test is an Examination administered to some students in their last year of primary education [7] He was re-elected to the Westminster Parliament in 2001, but along with the rest of his party has refused to take his seat there (see abstentionism). Abstentionism is standing for Election to a Deliberative assembly while refusing to take up any seats won or otherwise participate in the assembly's business
In May 2003, transcripts of telephone calls between McGuinness and British officials including Mo Mowlam, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, and Jonathan Powell, Tony Blair's Chief of Staff, were published in a biography of McGuinness entitled From Guns to Government. Marjorie "Mo" Mowlam PhD (18 September 1949 &ndash 19 August 2005 was a British Politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" Blair (born 6 May 1953 is a British Politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to The tapes had been made by MI5 and the authors of the book were arrested under the Official Secrets Act. The Official Secrets Act is any of several Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the protection of official information mainly related to National The conversations showed an easy and friendly relationship between McGuinness and the British. He joked with Powell about Unionist MPs while Mowlam referred to him as "babe" and discussed her difficulties with Blair. In another transcript he praised Bill Clinton to Gerry Adams. William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States Gerry Adams, MLA, MP (Gearóid Mac Ádhaimh born 6 October 1948 is an Irish Republican politician and abstentionist Westminster [8]
St Andrews Agreement
In the weeks following the St Andrews Agreement between Paisley and Adams, the four parties — the DUP, Sinn Féin, the UUP and the SDLP — indicated their choice of ministries in the Executive and nominated members to fill them. Ian Richard Kyle Paisley (born 6 April 1926 styled The Rt Hon George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. The St Andrews Agreement (or Comhaontú Chill Rímhinn in Irish) was an agreement between the British and Irish Governments and the political The Assembly met on 8 May 2007 and elected Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness as First Minister and Deputy First Minister. Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Ian Richard Kyle Paisley (born 6 April 1926 styled The Rt Hon On 12 May the Sinn Féin Ard Chomhairle agreed to take up three places on the Policing Board, and nominated three MLAs to take them. Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre.
On 8 December 2007, while visiting President Bush in the White House with the Northern Ireland First Minister Ian Paisley, Martin McGuinness, the deputy First Minister, said to the press "Up until the 26 March this year, Ian Paisley and I never had a conversation about anything – not even about the weather – and now we have worked very closely together over the last seven months and there's been no angry words between us. Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. See also Executive Office of the President of the United States The White House, formerly known as the Executive Mansion, is the Official residence . . . This shows we are set for a new course. "[9][10]
Claims of IRA activity
A claim was made at the Saville Inquiry that McGuinness was responsible for supplying detonators for nail bombs on Bloody Sunday where 14 civil rights marchers were killed by British soldiers in Derry. The Bloody Sunday Inquiry, also known as the Saville inquiry, was established in 1998 by Prime Minister Tony Blair after campaigns by families of those Paddy Ward claimed he was the leader of the Fianna, the youth wing of the IRA in January 1972. He claimed McGuinness, the second-in-command of the IRA in the city at the time, and another anonymous member gave him bomb parts on the morning of 30 January, the date planned for the civil rights march. He said his organisation intended to attack city-centre premises in Derry on the day when civilians were shot dead by British soldiers. In response McGuinness said the claims were "fantasy", while Gerry O’Hara, a Sinn Féin councillor in Derry stated that he and not Ward was the Fianna leader at the time. [11]
In August 1993, he was the subject of a two part special by the The Cook Report, a Central TV investigative documentary series presented by Roger Cook. The Cook Report was a British Television programme shown on ITV, produced for the network by Central Television from Central Independent Television, more commonly known as Central and now legally ITV Central Ltd, is the British Independent Television contractor Roger Cook (born 6 April 1943 in New Zealand) is an investigative journalist reporter and broadcaster It accused him of continuing involvement in IRA activity, of attending an interrogation and of encouraging Frank Hegarty, an informer, to return to Derry from a safe house in England. Hegarty's mother Rose appeared on the programme to tell of telephone calls to McGuinness and of Hegarty's subsequent murder. McGuinness denied her account and denounced the programme saying "I have never been in the IRA. I don't have any sway over the IRA". [12]
In 2005, Michael McDowell, the Irish Tánaiste, claimed McGuinness, along with Gerry Adams and Martin Ferris, were members of the seven-man IRA Army Council. Michael McDowell (Mícheál Mac Dubhghaill born 29 May 1951 Senior Counsel of the Irish bar is a former Irish politician who helped found the Progressive The Tánaiste (ˈtɑːnəʃtʲə plural Tánaistí) or more formally An Tánaiste, is the deputy prime minister of Ireland. Martin Ferris (born 10 February 1952 is an Irish Sinn Féin politician and a former Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA volunteer. The IRA Army Council is the decision-making body of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, more commonly known as the IRA a Paramilitary group dedicated to bringing [13] McGuinness denied the claims, saying he was no longer an IRA member.
Experienced "troubles" journalist Peter Taylor presented further apparent evidence of McGuinness's active role in terrorism in his documentary Age of Terror, shown in April 2008. Peter Taylor born Scarborough, North Yorkshire is a British Journalist and documentary -maker who had covered for many years the political [14] In his documentary, Taylor alleges that McGuinness was the head of the IRA's Northern Command which was behind the IRA's 1987 Enniskillen bombing which left 11 civilians dead. The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Óglaigh na hÉireann ( IRA; also referred to as the PIRA, the Provos, or by some of its supporters as the The Remembrance Day bombing, also known as the Enniskillen bombing or the Poppy Day massacre, occurred on 8 November 1987 in Enniskillen
Personal life
McGuinness married Bernadette Canning in 1974. They have four children, two girls and two boys. He is a fan of Derry City F.C.[15] and the Derry Gaelic football team. Derry City Football Club ( Cumann Peile Chathair Dhoire, kʊmən̪ˠ pɛlʲə xahəɾʲ ɣɛɾʲə is an Irish football club based in Derry, For more information on Derry GAA see Derry Senior Football Championship and Derry Senior Hurling Championship. Gaelic football ( Irish: Peil, Peil Ghaelach, or Caid) commonly referred to as " football " is a form of Football His brother Tom used to play Gaelic football for Derry and has among his honours two Ulster Senior Football Championship medals. The Ulster Senior Football Championship is the premier Gaelic football "knockout" competition played in the province of Ulster in Ireland
References
- ^ Ag cur Gaeilge ar ais i mbéal an phobail - Fórógra Shinn Féin do na Toghcháin Westminster — Sinn Féin press release, released 22 April 2005. Sinn Féin () is a political party in Ireland. The current party led by Gerry Adams was formed following a split in January 1970 Events 1500 - Portuguese Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil.
- ^ "Robinson is new NI first minister", BBC News, 5 June 2008. Accessed 2008-06-05. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 70 - Titus and his Roman Legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem
- ^ McGuinness confirms IRA role BBC News website, 2 May 2001
- ^ Taylor, Peter (1997). Peter Taylor born Scarborough, North Yorkshire is a British Journalist and documentary -maker who had covered for many years the political Provos The IRA & Sinn Féin. Bloomsbury Publishing, pp. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc is an independent London -based publishing house known for literary Novels It was named Publisher of the Year in 1999 and 152-153. ISBN 0-7475-3818-2.
- ^ Setting the Record Straight Sinn Féin website
- ^ Martin McGuinness MP Mid Ulster. Retrieved on 2007-03-22. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 238 - Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperor.
- ^ McGuinness: Let's work together BBC News website 4 December 1999
- ^ Martin McGuinness Wiretap Transcripts
- ^ Staff. Paisley and McGuinness in US trip, BBC 3 December 2007, (Reference for deputy First Minister)
- ^ Martina Purdy 'Charming' ministers woo president BBC, 8 December 2007 (Reference for the quote)
- ^ McGuinness is named as bomb runner by John Innes, The Scotsman, 21 October 2003
- ^ Martin McGuinness: From Guns to Government Liam Clarke and Kathryn Johnston, ISBN 1-84018-725-5
- ^ Adams and McGuinness named as IRA leaders Daily Telegraph 21 February 2005
- ^ Age of Terror, BBC, 21 April 2008
- ^ Campbell, Denis. Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. For "The Daily Telegraph" in Australia see The Daily Telegraph (Australia. "My team - Derry City: An interview with Martin McGuinness", The Guardian, 2001-04-08. The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Retrieved on 2007-05-08
See also
- IRA Army Council
- IRA Chiefs of Staff
- Provisional Irish Republican Army
- Gerry Adams
- Sinn Féin
- History of Northern Ireland
- Terrorism
- The Troubles
- Northern Ireland peace process
- Martin Ingram
- Operation Taurus
- Freddie Scappaticci
External links
- Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Martin McGuinness MP
- TheyWork ForYou.com - Martin McGuinness MP
- 30 May 1972: Official IRA declares ceasefire. A young Martin McGuinness gives the PIRA's reaction - VIDEO
- Age Of Terror
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| Preceded by William McCrea |
Member of Parliament for Mid Ulster 1997 – present |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly for Mid Ulster 1998 – present |
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Minister for Education 1999-2002 |
Succeeded by Office Suspended 2002-07, (Caitríona Ruane 2007-present) |
| Preceded by Office Suspended 2002-07, (Mark Durkan 2001-02) |
deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland 2007 – present |
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