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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 ...
John Hume, leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party in Northern Ireland from 1979 to 2001. He also was a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly from 1998 to 2000. In 1998 he and David Trimble were awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.
Aug 3, 2020 · John Hume, who has died at the age of 83, made a singular contribution to securing peace in Northern Ireland after decades of political violence that claimed more than 3,000 lives in one of...
Aug 3, 2020 · One of the two was the Catholic leader of the moderate Social Democratic and Labour Party, John Hume, regarded by many as the principal architect behind the peace agreement. After having joined the Northern Irish civil rights movement in the late 1960s, he became convinced that nationalism was a declining force in the new Europe.
Aug 4, 2020 · Former SDLP leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate John Hume has died at the age of 83. Politicians and others from across the political spectrum pay tribute to his long career, from the civil rights movement to the Good Friday Agreement.
Aug 3, 2020 · The Nobel Peace Prize winner and prominent Northern Ireland politician John Hume has died aged 83. He died in a Londonderry nursing home following a long period of illness.
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Biographical. John Hume is married to Pat and they have three daughters and two sons. He was a leader of the non-violent Civil Rights Movement in 1968 to 1969 having established a record of community leadership through his founding role in Derry Credit Union, Derry Housing Association and his organisation of the “University for Derry” campaign.
