Gerard "Gerry" Adams (Irish: Gearóid Mac Ádhaimh; born 6 October 1948) is an Irish republican politician, president of the Sinn Féin political party, and a Teachta Dála (TD) for Louth since the 2011 general election.From 1983 to 1992 and from 1997 to 2011, he was an abstentionist Westminster Member of Parliament (MP) for Belfast West.He has been the president of Sinn Féin since 1983. Since that time the party has become the fourth-largest party in the Republic of Ireland, the second-largest political party in Northern Ireland and the largest Irish nationalist party in that region. In 1984, Adams was seriously wounded in an assassination attempt by several gunmen from the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) including John Gregg. From the late 1980s onwards, Adams was an important figure in the Northern Ireland peace process, initially following contact by the then-Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) leader John Hume and then subsequently with the Irish and British governments.In 2005, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) indicated that its armed campaign was over and that it was exclusively committed to democratic politics. Under Adams, Sinn Féin changed its traditional policy of abstentionism towards the Oireachtas, the Parliament of the Republic of Ireland, in 1986 and later took seats in the power-sharing Northern Ireland Assembly.In 2014, he was arrested for questioning and held for four days by the Police Service of Northern Ireland in connection with the abduction and murder of Jean McConville in 1972. He was freed without charge and a file was to be compiled and sent to the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland.
St Finian's Primary School, St Mary's Christian Brothers' Grammar School, Belfast
Nationality
British, web
Spouse
Collette McArdle
Children
Gerry Adams, Jr.
Parents
Gerry Adams Sr., Annie Hannaway
Siblings
Liam Adams
Star Sign
Libra
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Trademark
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His glasses
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Beard
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Quote
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[on imprisoned Kurdish labor leader Abdullah Ocalan] Persuading enemies that there are alternative ways to resolve long-standing differences takes patience and a willingness to engage in dialogue, but most important it requires leadership. Ocalan has demonstrated that leadership. Despite incarceration he has forged a roadmap to peace that commits the Kurdish people to democracy and freedom and tolerance. I commend him for his leadership and vision and urge the Turkish government to release him.
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Hugging trees has a calming effect on me. I'm talking about enormous trees that will be there when we are all dead and gone. I've hugged trees in every part of this little island.
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Fact
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His voice was banned from being broadcast on television by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on October 19, 1988, as it would "deny terrorists the oxygen of publicity." This ban was later lifted by Prime Minister John Major on September 17, 1994.
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He was a Member of Parliament for Belfast West from 1983-1992, and from 1997 to present.
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President of the Sinn Féin Party in Northern Ireland since 1983.
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Has never admitted to belonging to the Irish Republican Army, but was interned on suspicion during the 1970s.
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Son of Gerry and Anne (nee Hannaway) Adams.
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Attended St. Mary's Christian Brothers School in West Belfast.
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One of 10 surviving children in a West Belfast family.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Ballymurphy
2015
Short
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Hunger Strike
2006
TV Movie documentary
Himself
David Trimble: Out in the Cold
2006
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Kelly
2005
TV Series
Himself
Los desayunos de TVE
2005
TV Series
Himself
The Late Late Show
2004
TV Series
Himself
Breakfast with Frost
2004
TV Series
Himself
A House Divided
2003
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Spotlight
2002
TV Series
Himself
Living the Revolution
2002
Documentary
Himself
Endgame in Ireland
2001
TV Movie documentary
Himself (President, Sinn Fein)
The Sunday Programme
1998
TV Series
Himself
Question Time
1997
TV Series
Himself
World in Action
1996
TV Series documentary
Himself
Jonathan Dimbleby
1995
TV Series
Himself
Counterpoint
1995
TV Series documentary
Himself
A Week in Politics
1995
TV Series
Himself
Newsnight
1995
TV Series
Himself
Walden
1994
TV Series
Himself
Election 83
1983
TV Movie
Himself
60 Minutes
2015
TV Series documentary
Himself - Leader of Sinn Fein (segment "The Good Friday Agreement")