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In their 1998 citation, the Norwegian Nobel Committee recognised Hume as an architect of the Good Friday Agreement. For himself, Hume wished to be remembered as having been, in his earlier years, a pioneer of the credit union movement.
John Hume, leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party in Northern Ireland from 1979 to 2001. He also was a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly from 1998 to 2000. In 1998 he and David Trimble were awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace. Learn more about Hume’s life and career.
Aug 4, 2020 · Politicians from across the political spectrum pay tribute to John Hume. Former SDLP leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate John Hume has died at the age of 83. Politicians and others have...
Aug 3, 2020 · The Nobel Peace Prize winner and prominent Northern Ireland politician John Hume has died aged 83. He died in a Londonderry nursing home following a long period of illness.
In the resulting Power-Sharing Executive of 1974, he served as Minister of Commerce. In the period 1977 to 1979, John served as a Special Adviser to EC Commissioner Richard Burke. As MEP he sits on the front Bench of the Socialist Group which is the largest group in the European Parliament.
Dec 10, 1998 · John Hume’s European vision John Hume’s political experience from the European Parliament was a key driving force in his campaign for peace. As he stated in his Nobel Prize lecture: “The peoples of Europe created institutions which respected their diversity – a Council of Ministers, the European Commission and the European Parliament – but allowed them to work together in their ...
Aug 3, 2020 · John Hume, a moderate Roman Catholic politician who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his dogged and ultimately successful campaign to end decades of bloodshed in his native Northern Ireland...
Aug 3, 2020 · One of the two was the Catholic leader of the moderate Social Democratic and Labour Party, John Hume, regarded by many as the principal architect behind the peace agreement.
Aug 3, 2020 · John Hume, who has died at the age of 83, made a singular contribution to securing peace in Northern Ireland after decades of political violence that claimed more than 3,000 lives in one of...
Aug 3, 2020 · John Hume, former Northern Ireland politician and joint winner of the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize for his work on the Good Friday Agreement, died Sunday at the age of 83.
