Gerry Fitt

The Lord Fitt
1st Deputy Chief Executive of Northern Ireland
In office
1 January 1974 – 28 May 1974
Chief ExecutiveBrian Faulkner
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party
In office
20 August 1970 – 6 May 1979
DeputyJohn Hume
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byJohn Hume
Member of Parliament
for West Belfast
In office
31 March 1966 – 13 May 1983
Preceded byJames Kilfedder
Succeeded byGerry Adams
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
14 October 1983 – 26 August 2005
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born(1926-04-09)9 April 1926
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Died26 August 2005(2005-08-26) (aged 79)
London, England, UK
Political partyIndependent (1979–2005)
Other political
affiliations
Dock Labour Party (1950s)
Irish Labour (to 1964)
Republican Labour (1964–1970)
SDLP (1970–1979)
SpouseAnn Fitt
Children6
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch/serviceMerchant Navy
Years of service1941–1953
Battles/warsWorld War II

Gerard Fitt, Baron Fitt (9 April 1926 – 26 August 2005) was a politician from Northern Ireland. He was a founder and the first leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), a social democratic and Irish nationalist party.