Martin McGuinness | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First Minister depute o Norlin Airlan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 8 Mey 2007 – 9 Januar 2017* Servin with Ian Paisley, Peter Robinson, Arlene Foster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Precedit bi | Mark Durkan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeedit bi | Michelle O'Neill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minister o Eddication | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 2 December 1999 – 14 October 2002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Meenister | David Trimble Reg Empey (Acting) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Minister depute | Seamus Mallon Mark Durkan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Precedit bi | Office establishit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeedit bi | Caitríona Ruane | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | James Martin Pacelli McGuinness 23 Mey 1950 Derry, Norlin Airlan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dee'd | 21 Mairch 2017 Derry, Norlin Airlan | (aged 66)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Naitionality | Erse | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spoose(s) | Bernadette Canning (m. 1974) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bairns | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
*John O'Dowd servit as actin dFM frae 20 September 2011 tae 31 October 2011 while McGuinness campaignit in the 2011 Erse presidential election. |
James Martin Pacelli McGuinness (Erse: Séamus Máirtín Pacelli Mag Aonghusa;[1] 23 May 1950 – 21 March 2017) wus an Earse republican, Sinn Féin politician wha wis the First Minister depute o Norlin Airlan frae Mey 2007 tae Januar 2017.
An umwhile Provisional IRA leader, McGuinness wus MP fur Mid Ulster frae 1997 till his resignatioun in 2013.[2][3] Like aw Sinn Féin MPs, McGuinness abstainit frae participation in the Wastmeenster Pairlament. Follaein the St Andra's Greeance an the Semmlie election in 2007, he becam First Minister depute o Norlin Airlan oan 8 Mey 2007, wi Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Ian Paisley becomin First Minister. Oan 5 Juin 2008 he wus re-appointit as First Minister depute tae serve alangside Peter Robinson, wha succeedit Paisley as First Minister.[4] McGuinness umwhile servit as Minister o Eddication in the Norlin Airlan Executive atween 1999 an 2002. He wis Sinn Féin's candidate fur Preses o Ireland in the 2011 election.[5][6][7]
Warking alangside US Special Envoy George Mitchell, McGuinness wus yin o the main architects o the Guid Fryday Greeance an aw, whit formally cementit the Norlin Airlan peace process.[8]
On 9 Januar 2017, McGuinness resigned as First Minister depute in a protest ower tha Renewable Heat Incentive scandal.[9] He announcit oan 19 Januar thit he widnae be standin fur re-election tae the Norlin Airlan Assemlie in the 2 Mairch 2017 election due tae ill health. He reportedly sufferit frae amyloidosis, a condition thit attacks the vital organs, an retirit shortly afore his death oan 21 Mairch 2017, agit 66.[10][11]
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