List of People From Derry - Politicians

Politicians

  • Gregory Campbell - Democratic Unionist Party Member of Parliament for East Londonderry
  • Nigel Dodds - Democratic Unionist Party Member of Parliament for Belfast North
  • Mark Durkan - Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) Member of Parliament for Foyle (the Derry area)
  • William Hay - Democratic Unionist Party, Speaker of the Northern Assembly & MLA for Foyle
  • John Hume - Nobel Peace Prize and Gandhi Peace Prize recipient, former leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, and former MP for Foyle 1983-2005
  • Martin McGuinness - Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland and Sinn Féin MP for Mid Ulster
  • Mitchel McLaughlin - General Secretary of Sinn Féin and & MLA for South Antrim

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