Declan Kearney

Declan Kearney
Kearney in 2022
Junior Minister Assisting the Deputy First Minister
In office
11 January 2020 – 5 May 2022
Deputy FMMichelle O'Neill
Preceded byMegan Fearon
Succeeded byPam Cameron (2024)
Member of the Legislative Assembly
for South Antrim
Assumed office
5 May 2016
Preceded byMitchel McLaughlin
Personal details
Born (1964-12-19) 19 December 1964 (age 59)
Antrim, Northern Ireland
NationalityIrish
Political partySinn Féin

Declan Kearney (born 19 December 1964) is an Irish republican politician in Northern Ireland who is the current National Chairman of Sinn Féin.[1] Kearney was a Junior Minister in the Northern Ireland Executive from 2020 to 2022, and a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for South Antrim since 2016.[2]

  1. ^ "Declan Kearney MLA". Sinn Féin. Retrieved 22 April 2024. Currently he is the Sinn Féin National Chairperson and has been central to the Party's all-Ireland development, and its negotiations and reconciliation strategies.
  2. ^ "Assembly Election 2016: Kearney 'delighted' to be elected in South Antrim". Newtownabbey Times. 6 May 2016. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.