John Hume

John Hume KCSG
Hume in 1998
Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party
In office 6 May 1979 – 6 November 2001
Deputy	Seamus Mallon
Preceded by	Gerry Fitt
Succeeded by	Mark Durkan
Member of the Legislative Assembly for Foyle
In office 25 June 1998 – 1 December 2000
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Annie Courtney
Member of Parliament for Foyle
In office 9 June 1983 – 11 April 2005[1]
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Mark Durkan
Member of the European Parliament for Northern Ireland
In office 10 June 1979 – 13 June 2004
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Bairbre de Brún
Member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland for Foyle
In office 24 February 1969 – 30 March 1972
Preceded by	Eddie McAteer
Succeeded by	Parliament abolished
Personal details
Born	(1937-01-18)18 January 1937 Derry, Northern Ireland
Died	3 August 2020(2020-08-03) (aged 83) Derry, Northern Ireland
Nationality	Irish[2]
Political party	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Spouse	Pat Hone ​ (m. 1960)​ [3][4]
Children	5
Alma mater	St Patrick's College, Maynooth
Profession	Politician

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 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" Belfast Agreement. For himself, Hume wished to be remembered as having been, in his earlier years, a pioneer of the credit union movement.