Martin McGuinness
| Martin McGuinness | |
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| Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland | |
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In office 8 May 2007 – 9 January 2017* Serving with Ian Paisley, Peter Robinson, Arlene Foster |
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| Preceded by | Mark Durkan |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Minister of Education | |
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In office 2 December 1999 – 14 October 2002 |
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| First Minister | David Trimble |
| Deputy First Minister |
Seamus Mallon Mark Durkan |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Caitríona Ruane |
| Leader of Sinn Féin in Northern Ireland | |
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In office 8 May 2007 – 9 January 2017 |
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| Leader | Gerry Adams |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Michelle O'Neill |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly for Foyle |
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In office 6 May 2016 – 26 January 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Maeve McLaughlin |
| Succeeded by | Elisha McCallion |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly for Mid Ulster |
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In office 25 June 1998 – 6 May 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Office created |
| Succeeded by | Linda Dillon |
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Member of Parliament for Mid Ulster |
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In office 1 May 1997 – 2 January 2013 |
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| Preceded by | William McCrea |
| Succeeded by | Francie Molloy |
| Majority | 15,363 (37.6%) |
| Personal details | |
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James Martin Pacelli McGuinness 23 May 1950 Derry, Northern Ireland |
| Died | 21 March 2017 (aged 66) Derry, Northern Ireland |
| Political party | Sinn Féin |
| Spouse(s) | Bernadette Canning (m. 1974; his death 2017) |
| Children | 4 |
| *John O'Dowd served as Acting dFM from 20 September 2011 to 31 October 2011 while McGuinness campaigned in the Irish presidential election, 2011. | |
James Martin Pacelli McGuinness (Irish: Séamus Máirtín Pacelli Mag Aonghusa; 23 May 1950 – 21 March 2017) was an Irish republican and Sinn Féin politician who was the deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland from May 2007 to January 2017. A former Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) leader, McGuinness was the MP for Mid Ulster from 1997 until his resignation in 2013. Like all Sinn Féin MPs, McGuinness practised abstentionism in relation to the Westminster Parliament. Following the St Andrews Agreement and the Assembly election in 2007, as Sinn Féin's Political Leader in the North, he became deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland on 8 May 2007, with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Ian Paisley becoming First Minister. On 5 June 2008 he was re-appointed as deputy First Minister to serve alongside Peter Robinson, who succeeded Paisley as First Minister. McGuinness previously served as Minister of Education in the Northern Ireland Executive between 1999 and 2002. He was Sinn Féin's candidate for President of Ireland in the 2011 election.
Working alongside US Special Envoy George Mitchell, McGuinness was also one of the main architects of the Good Friday Agreement which formally cemented the Northern Ireland peace process.
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