John Hume

John Hume
Hume in 1998
Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party
In office
6 May 1979 – 6 November 2001
DeputySeamus Mallon
Preceded byGerry Fitt
Succeeded byMark Durkan
Deputy Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party
In office
1970 – 6 May 1979
LeaderGerry Fitt
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded bySeamus Mallon
Member of the Legislative Assembly
for Foyle
In office
25 June 1998 – 1 December 2000
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byAnnie Courtney
Member of Parliament
for Foyle
In office
9 June 1983 – 11 April 2005[1]
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byMark Durkan
Member of the European Parliament
for Northern Ireland
In office
10 June 1979 – 13 June 2004
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byBairbre de Brún
Member of the
Parliament of Northern Ireland
for Foyle
In office
24 February 1969 – 30 March 1972
Preceded byEddie McAteer
Succeeded byParliament abolished
Personal details
Born(1937-01-18)18 January 1937
Derry, Northern Ireland
Died3 August 2020(2020-08-03) (aged 83)
Derry, Northern Ireland
NationalityIrish[2]
Political partySocial Democratic and Labour Party
Spouse
Pat Hone
(m. 1960)
[3][4]
Children5
Alma materSt Patrick's College, Maynooth
ProfessionPolitician

John Hume KCSG (18 January 1937 – 3 August 2020) was an Irish nationalist politician in Northern Ireland and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate. A founder and leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, Hume served in the Northern Ireland Parliament; the Northern Ireland Assembly including, in 1974, its first power-sharing executive; the European Parliament and the United Kingdom Parliament. Seeking an accommodation between Irish nationalism and Ulster unionism, and soliciting American support, he was both critical of British government policy in Northern Ireland and opposed to the republican embrace of "armed struggle". In their 1998 citation, the Norwegian Nobel Committee recognised Hume as an architect of the Good Friday Agreement. For himself, Hume wished to be remembered as having been, in his earlier years, a pioneer of the credit union movement.

  1. ^ "Parliamentary career for Mr John Hume - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  2. ^ "John Hume, SDLP leader who stood up for peaceful nationalism and won the Nobel Prize – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 3 August 2020. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020. He travelled on an Irish passport
  3. ^ McDonald, Henry (6 September 2021). "Pat Hume obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  4. ^ "In Pictures: John Hume is laid to rest in his hometown of Derry". The Irish Independent. 7 August 2020. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020. Patricia Hume speaks to mourners outside St Eugene's Cathedral in Derry ahead of the funeral of her husband John Hume.