Caitríona Ruane, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Caitríona Ruane

Irish politician and tennis player

Date of Birth: 19-Jul-1962

Place of Birth: Swinford, Connacht, Ireland

Profession: politician, tennis player

Nationality: Ireland, United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Caitríona Ruane (born 1962) is a Sinn Féin politician.
She was a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for South Down from 2003 to 2017, and served as the Principal Deputy Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly from 2016 to 2017. In the first Northern Ireland Executive under First Minister Ian Paisley and deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness she was appointed Minister of Education.
She faced opposition over the scrapping of the Transfer Examination (11-plus) and her subsequent plans for a replacement.
She was replaced by John O'Dowd after the 2011 election.