Declan Kearney | |
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Junior Minister Assisting the Deputy First Minister | |
In office 11 January 2020 – 5 May 2022 Serving with
Gordon Lyons,
Gary Middleton | |
Deputy FM | Michelle O'Neill |
Preceded by | Megan Fearon |
Succeeded by | Pam Cameron (2024) |
Member of the Legislative Assembly for South Antrim | |
Assumed office 5 May 2016 | |
Preceded by | Mitchel McLaughlin |
Personal details | |
Born | Antrim, Northern Ireland | 19 December 1964
Nationality | Irish |
Political party | Sinn Féin |
Declan Kearney (born 19 December 1964) is an Irish republican politician in Northern Ireland who is the current National Chairman of Sinn Féin. [1] Kearney was a Junior Minister in the Northern Ireland Executive from 2020 to 2022, and a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for South Antrim since 2016. [2]
Originally from Antrim, he is the son of Oliver and Brigid (née Totten) Kearney. [2] He lived in Derry at the time of his election. [3] [2]
Before his election as an MLA, Kearney served as National Chairman of Sinn Féin, in which capacity he apologised "for all the lives lost during the Troubles". [4] His brother, Ciarán Kearney, husband of Jane (née Donaldson), is the son-in-law of the late Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer and Sinn Féin politician Denis Donaldson, who was assassinated near Glenties in County Donegal after having been exposed as a British agent. [5]
Kearney was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly as one of six MLAs for South Antrim at the 2016 Assembly election, [6] retaining his seat at the 2017 and 2022 elections. [7]
He was later appointed as a Junior Minister in the Northern Ireland Executive, following the restoration of the Assembly in January 2020; [8] remaining in this position until May 2022. [9]
Currently he is the Sinn Féin National Chairperson and has been central to the Party's all-Ireland development, and its negotiations and reconciliation strategies.
Elected: Paul Girvan (DUP), Pam Cameron (DUP), Declan Kearney (SF), David Ford (Alliance), Steve Aiken (UUP) and Trevor Clarke (DUP).
SINN Féin national chairman Declan Kearney has been appointed as a Stormont junior minister alongside the DUP's assembly chief whip Gordon Lyons.
Declan Kearney | |
---|---|
Junior Minister Assisting the Deputy First Minister | |
In office 11 January 2020 – 5 May 2022 Serving with
Gordon Lyons,
Gary Middleton | |
Deputy FM | Michelle O'Neill |
Preceded by | Megan Fearon |
Succeeded by | Pam Cameron (2024) |
Member of the Legislative Assembly for South Antrim | |
Assumed office 5 May 2016 | |
Preceded by | Mitchel McLaughlin |
Personal details | |
Born | Antrim, Northern Ireland | 19 December 1964
Nationality | Irish |
Political party | Sinn Féin |
Declan Kearney (born 19 December 1964) is an Irish republican politician in Northern Ireland who is the current National Chairman of Sinn Féin. [1] Kearney was a Junior Minister in the Northern Ireland Executive from 2020 to 2022, and a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for South Antrim since 2016. [2]
Originally from Antrim, he is the son of Oliver and Brigid (née Totten) Kearney. [2] He lived in Derry at the time of his election. [3] [2]
Before his election as an MLA, Kearney served as National Chairman of Sinn Féin, in which capacity he apologised "for all the lives lost during the Troubles". [4] His brother, Ciarán Kearney, husband of Jane (née Donaldson), is the son-in-law of the late Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer and Sinn Féin politician Denis Donaldson, who was assassinated near Glenties in County Donegal after having been exposed as a British agent. [5]
Kearney was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly as one of six MLAs for South Antrim at the 2016 Assembly election, [6] retaining his seat at the 2017 and 2022 elections. [7]
He was later appointed as a Junior Minister in the Northern Ireland Executive, following the restoration of the Assembly in January 2020; [8] remaining in this position until May 2022. [9]
Currently he is the Sinn Féin National Chairperson and has been central to the Party's all-Ireland development, and its negotiations and reconciliation strategies.
Elected: Paul Girvan (DUP), Pam Cameron (DUP), Declan Kearney (SF), David Ford (Alliance), Steve Aiken (UUP) and Trevor Clarke (DUP).
SINN Féin national chairman Declan Kearney has been appointed as a Stormont junior minister alongside the DUP's assembly chief whip Gordon Lyons.