Michelle O'Neill

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Michelle O'Neill (2017)

Michelle O'Neill (* 10. January 1977 in Fermoy , County Cork as Michelle Doris ) is a Northern Irish politician of the party Sinn Fein . Since January 23, 2017, she has been the group leader of Sinn Féin in the Northern Ireland regional parliament, the Northern Ireland Assembly .

biography

Michelle O'Neill came from a prominent family of Irish Republicans and grew up in the village of Clonoe, County Tyrone . Her father Brendan 'Basil' Doris was imprisoned as an IRA activist for a while, her uncle Paul Doris was president of NORAID , an Irish-American organization that mainly supports the Republican movement in Ireland through donations. She received her education at St. Patrick's Academy in Dungannon . After attending school, she began a commercial apprenticeship, which she broke off after the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 in order to devote herself to political work at Sinn Féin. She was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in the Mid Ulster constituency in the 2007 , 2011 and 2016 Northern Ireland Assembly elections. From May 9, 2007 to March 25, 2011, she was a member of Parliament's Committee on Education and Vice-Chair of the Committee on Health, Social Services and Public Security. From May 16, 2011 to March 30, 2016, she was Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development in the Northern Irish Regional Government and from May 25, 2016 Minister for Health. As a Minister in 2015, she moved the Ministry's headquarters from Belfast to Ballykelly in County Londonderry .

After Martin McGuinness , the previous group leader of Sinn Féin, declared his retirement from politics in the Belfast parliament for health reasons, Michelle O'Neill was elected as the new group leader on January 23, 2017. On February 10, 2018, Mary Lou McDonald was elected as the new party leader of Sinn Féin and O'Neill as her successor as deputy. In November 2019, O'Neill was confirmed in office, against which regional MP John O'Dowd had run .

Personal

Her marriage to Paddy O'Neill has two children. Her hobbies are "Gaelic sports" ( Gaelic football , hurling ). She is a member of the local Gaelic Athletic Association Clonoe O'Rahillys.

Web links

Commons : Michelle O'Neill  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Mrs. Michelle O'Neill. Northern Ireland Assembly, accessed January 23, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Michelle O'Neill is Sinn Féin's new leader north of the border. BBC News, January 23, 2017, accessed January 23, 2017 .
  3. ↑ a b Michelle O'Neill: Who is Sinn Féin's new Northern leader? BBC News, January 23, 2017, accessed January 23, 2017 .
  4. ↑ We must bring together orange and green for Irish unity: Michelle O'Neill. Belfast Telegraph, 10 February 2018, accessed the same day. (English)
  5. ^ Sinn Féin: Michelle O'Neill sees off John O'Dowd's bid for vice-presidency. BBC News, November 16, 2019, accessed November 20, 2019. (English)
  6. ↑ Michelle O'Neill. Sinn Féin, accessed January 23, 2017 .


personal data
SURNAME O'Neill, Michelle
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Northern Irish politician (Sinn Féin), member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Northern Ireland