Alban Maginness
| Alban Maginness | |
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| Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for North Belfast |
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In office 25 June 1998 – 30 March 2016 |
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| Preceded by | New Creation |
| Succeeded by | Nichola Mallon |
| 42nd Lord Mayor of Belfast | |
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In office 1997–1998 |
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| Preceded by | Ian Adamson |
| Succeeded by | David Alderdice |
| Personal details | |
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9 July 1950 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | SDLP |
| Spouse(s) | Carmel Maginness |
| Children | 8 |
| Alma mater |
Queen's University Belfast University of Ulster |
| Profession | Barrister |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Website | http://www.albanmaginness.com |
Alban Maginness (born 9 July 1950) is a politician from Holywood, County Down, in Northern Ireland. From 1998 to 2016, he was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Belfast North.
He completed his grammar education at St. Malachy's College, Belfast. He then attended the University of Ulster and Queen's University of Belfast before being called to the Bar in 1976.
Whilst at university he became involved in the non-violent protests organised by the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association. Maginness participated in the famous civil rights march in Derry in 1972 at which British troops killed 14 unarmed civilians. This event, now termed Bloody Sunday, has gone down in Northern Ireland politics as one of the turning points in The Troubles that contributed to the development of the Provisional IRA.
Maginness became increasingly involved in politics and became a member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party. He stood unsuccessfully for the party in East Belfast in the 1975 Constitutional Convention election and North Belfast in the 1982 Assembly election.
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