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John Hume

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Irish politician from Northern Ireland (1937–2020)

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John Hume was a male politician and member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party. He held the position of Member of the European Parliament and worked in Strasbourg, Brussels, London, and Belfast. His field of work included politics and the peace process. He was a citizen of the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom, and an ethnic Irish person.

Born in 1937, Hume died in Derry in 2020. He had four children and spoke English, French, and Irish. His native language was English. He was recognized in the Nobel Peace collection.

Hume received the Nobel Peace Prize, the Gandhi Peace Prize, the Officer of the Legion of Honour, and the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. He stood as a candidate in the 1987, 1992, 1997, and 2001 United Kingdom general elections.

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Peace Prize1998

    “for their efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
John
Family name
Hume
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
United Kingdom
Place of death
Derry
Occupation
politician
Political party
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Field of work
peace process
Image
John Hume.jpg
Number of children
4
Work location
Northern Ireland
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date of birth
1937-01-18
name in native language
John Hume
ethnic group
Irish people
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John Hume
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John Hume
date of death
2020-08-03
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Encyclopedic overview

John Hume (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 Parliament of Northern Ireland; the Northern Ireland Assembly including, in 1974, its first power-sharing executive; the European Parliament and the United Kingdom Parliament. Seeking an accommodation between Irish nationalism and Ulster unionism, and soliciting American support, he was both critical of British government policy in Northern Ireland and opposed to the republican embrace of "armed struggle". In their 1998 citation, the Norwegian Nobel Committee recognised Hume as an architect of the Good Friday Agreement. For his own part, Hume wished to be remembered as having been, in his earlier years, a pioneer of the credit union movement.

Early life and education

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