Sean Lynch (politician)
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Seán Lynch MLA |
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| Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Fermanagh & South Tyrone |
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Assumed office 7 May 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Gerry McHugh |
| Councillor on Fermanagh District Council | |
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In office 10 May 2011 – 11 September 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Pat Cox |
| Succeeded by | Tommy Maguire |
| Constituency | Enniskillen Electoral Area |
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11 January 1954 Enniskillen, Fermanagh, Northern Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Sinn Féin |
| Profession | Politician |
| Known for | Officer Commanding Provisional IRA prisoners in Long Kesh |
| Website | Official webpage |
Seán Lynch MLA (Irish: Seán Ó Loingsigh; born 11 January 1954) is an Irish republican Sinn Féin politician and a current MLA for the constituency of Fermanagh and South Tyrone. He was a former Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) leader in the Maze Prison (known as Long Kesh by Irish republicans).
Lynch previously served as Chairman of Sinn Féin in Fermanagh and as a senior member of the district policing partnership in the county. Lynch previously stood for the Fermanagh and South Tyrone constituency in the 2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election but was unsuccessful. Lynch was a councillor on Fermanagh District Council prior to his election to the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Born in 1954 into a Roman Catholic farming family in rural County Fermanagh, he is the eldest of 12 children and was raised near Lisnaskea, where he currently lives. One of his sisters, Ruth Lynch, is a Fermanagh District Council Sinn Féin councillor. Another, Mary Lynch, wrote The Long Road Home.
Lynch stood as a candidate in the 2007 Assembly Election. Lynch polled 4,704 votes, failing to win a seat. He was selected by Sinn Féin in Fermanagh and South Tyrone to stand again as a candidate in the 2011 Assembly Election on 5 May 2011. Lynch was elected on 7 May 2011. He was elected to Fermanagh District Council on 10 May 2011.
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