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| Name: |
Seamus Mallon MP |
| Party: |
Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) |
| Constituency: |
Newry and Armagh |
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| Place and Date of Birth: |
Markethill
17.08.36 |
| Married: |
To Gertude (June 22, 1966) |
| Family: |
Daughters 1 |
| Education: |
Abbey Grammar School, Newry
St Joseph's College of Education, Belfast |
| Occupation and brief outline of career: |
Teacher
Headmaster of St James Primary School, Markethill, 1960-1973
MP for Newry & Armagh, 1986-
Deputy First Minister, 1999-2001 |
Brief outline of public/political career
(Members of council, public body, chairman, mayor) please give dates. |
Member of Armagh District Council 1973-1989.
Elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973
Elected to the Northern Ireland Convention, 1975
Deputy Leader of the SDLP, 1979-2001
SDLP Spokesperson on Justice, 1979-1998
Elected to Northern Ireland Assembly, 1982
In 1982 appointed to Seanad Eireann (Irish Senate)
Member of New Ireland Forum
Member of Parliament for Newry and Armagh since 1986
Since 1986 served on the House of Commons Select Committee on Agriculture and the British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary body
Member of Forum for Peace and Reconciliation, 1994
Elected to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue, 1996
Member of the New Northern Ireland Assembly, 1998
Elected Deputy First-Minster (Designate) of The New Northern Ireland Assembly in June 1998 |
| Other memberships/ interests/ achievements/ awards (political, community, sporting, public service) please give dates.: |
Interests
Golf
Angling |
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