John Hume
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John Hume KCSG |
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| Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party | |
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In office 6 May 1979 – 6 November 2001 |
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| Deputy | Seamus Mallon |
| Preceded by | Gerry Fitt |
| Succeeded by | Mark Durkan |
| Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Foyle |
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In office 25 June 1998 – 1 December 2000 |
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| Preceded by | New Assembly |
| Succeeded by | Annie Courtney |
| Member of the UK Parliament for Foyle |
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In office 10 June 1983 – 11 April 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency Established |
| Succeeded by | Mark Durkan |
| Member of the European Parliament for Northern Ireland |
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In office 10 June 1979 – 13 June 2004 |
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| Preceded by | New creation |
| Succeeded by | Bairbre de Brún |
| Member of the Northern Ireland Parliament for Foyle |
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In office 24 February 1969 – 30 March 1972 |
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| Preceded by | Eddie McAteer |
| Succeeded by | Parliament abolished |
| Personal details | |
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18 January 1937 Derry, Northern Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | SDLP |
| Spouse(s) | Patricia Hume |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater |
St Columb's College St Patrick's College, Maynooth |
| Profession | Educator |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
John Hume, KCSG (born 18 January 1937) is an Irish former politician from Derry, Northern Ireland. He was a founding member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, and was co-recipient of the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize, with David Trimble.
He was the second leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), a position he held from 1979 until 2001. He has served as a Member of the European Parliament and a Member of the UK Parliament, as well as a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
He is regarded as one of the most important figures in the recent political history of Ireland and one of the architects of the Northern Ireland peace process. He is also a recipient of the Gandhi Peace Prize and the Martin Luther King Award, the only recipient of the three major peace awards. In 2010 he was named "Ireland's Greatest" in a public poll by Irish national broadcaster RTÉ to find the greatest person in Ireland's history. In 2012, Pope Benedict XVI made Hume a Knight Commander of the Papal Order of St. Gregory the Great.
John Hume was born in Derry with an Irish Catholic background. His great-grandfather was a Presbyterian immigrant from Scotland. Hume was a student at St. Columb's College and at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, the leading Catholic seminary in Ireland and a recognised college of the National University of Ireland, where he intended to study for the priesthood. Among his teachers was the future Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich.
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