Martina Anderson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Martina Anderson

Irish polititcian

Date of Birth: 16-Apr-1962

Place of Birth: Derry, Northern Ireland

Profession: politician

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries

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Martina Anderson (born 16 April 1962) is an Irish politician from Northern Ireland who is a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) representing Northern Ireland for Sinn Féin.
She became involved in the Irish republican movement in the late 1970s and is a former volunteer of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA).
In June 1986, she was convicted of conspiring to cause explosions in 1985 and sentenced to life in prison.
She was released 13 years later as a condition of the Good Friday Agreement and subsequently became involved in politics for Sinn Féin.
She was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Northern Ireland from 2007 to 2012, representing Foyle.
She served in the Northern Ireland Executive as a Junior Minister at the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister from 2011 to 2012.
In 2012, she became a Member of the European Parliament, and she was reelected in 2014 and in 2019.