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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About Martina Anderson

  • 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.

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