Martina Anderson
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Martina Anderson MEP |
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Member of the European Parliament for Northern Ireland |
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Assumed office 12 June 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Bairbre de Brún |
| Junior Minister at the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister | |
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In office 16 May 2011 – 11 June 2012 Serving with Jonathan Bell |
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| Preceded by | Gerry Kelly |
| Succeeded by | Jennifer McCann |
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Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Foyle |
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In office 7 March 2007 – 11 June 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Mitchel McLaughlin |
| Succeeded by | Maeve McLaughlin |
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16 April 1962 Derry, Northern Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Sinn Féin |
| Spouse(s) | Paul Kavanagh |
| Children | None |
| Website | martinamep |
Martina Anderson (born 16 April 1962) is an Irish politician in Northern Ireland who is a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) representing Northern Ireland for Sinn Féin. She became involved in the Irish Republican movement in the late 1970s, is a former volunteer of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) and was in prison for IRA activity for 13 years until she was released as a condition of the Good Friday Agreement. After her release, she became involved in politics for Sinn Féin. She was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Northern Ireland from 2007 to 2012, representing Foyle. She served in the Northern Ireland Executive as a Junior Minister at the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister from 2011 to 2012. In 2012 she became a Member of the European Parliament, and she was reelected in the 2014 election.
Anderson was born in the Bogside in Derry, Northern Ireland, into a large family with a tradition of Irish republicanism. Her father was a Protestant. She has six sisters and three brothers, one of whom, Peter, is a Sinn Féin councillor.
Anderson was arrested aged 18 leaving a furniture store in Derry and charged with possession of a firearm and causing an explosion. She was released on bail after spending two months in Armagh Women's Prison, and fled across the border to Buncrana in County Donegal.
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