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Irish politician (born 1970) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Michelle Angela Gildernew[1] (born 28 March 1970)[2] is an Irish Sinn Féin politician from County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. She is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, having been re-elected in June 2017 after previously holding the seat from 2001 to 2015.
Michelle Gildernew | |
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Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development | |
In office 8 May 2007 – 4 May 2011 | |
First Minister | |
Preceded by | Bríd Rodgers |
Succeeded by | Michelle O'Neill |
Member of Parliament for Fermanagh and South Tyrone | |
Assumed office 8 June 2017 | |
Preceded by | Tom Elliot |
Majority | 57 (0.1%) |
In office 7 June 2001 – 30 March 2015 | |
Preceded by | Ken Maginnis |
Succeeded by | Tom Elliott |
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Fermanagh and South Tyrone | |
In office 5 May 2016 – 9 June 2017 | |
Preceded by | Bronwyn McGahan |
Succeeded by | Colm Gildernew |
In office 25 June 1998 – 1 July 2012 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Bronwyn McGahan |
Personal details | |
Born | (1970-03-28) 28 March 1970 (age 54) Dungannon, Northern Ireland |
Political party | Sinn Féin |
Spouse | Jimmy Taggart |
Children | 3 |
Relatives | Colm Gildernew (brother) |
Alma mater | University of Ulster |
Gildernew is a former Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development in the Northern Ireland Executive. She was the MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone from 2001 to 2015, and was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for the Assembly constituency of Fermanagh and South Tyrone from June 1998 to July 2012.[3] She was re-elected to the Assembly in 2016 and 2017. In 2017 she reclaimed her Westminster seat from Tom Elliott of the Ulster Unionist Party. In 2019, she was re-elected with the smallest majority of any constituency in the UK, a margin of just 57 votes.
Gildernew is Sinn Féin's health spokesperson, and has been a member of the party's Ard Chomhairle (National Executive). In the 2007–2011 Assembly, she served as Vice Chair of the Committee of Social Development and was a member of the Committee of the centre, as well as other statutory and ad-hoc committees.[4]