James Martin Pacelli McGuinness was an Irish republican politician and statesman from Sinn Fein and a leader within the Provisional Irish Republican Army during The Troubles.
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21 Facts About Martin Mcguinness
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Martin Mcguinness served as Minister of Education in the Northern Ireland Executive under First Minister David Trimble from 1999 to 2002.
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Martin Mcguinness was Sinn Fein's candidate for President of Ireland in the 2011 Irish presidential election.
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Martin Mcguinness announced on 19 January that he would not be standing for re-election in the 2017 Northern Ireland Assembly election due to ill health.
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Martin Mcguinness reportedly suffered from amyloidosis, a condition that attacks the vital organs, and retired shortly before his death on 21 March 2017, aged 66.
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Martin Mcguinness originally joined the Official IRA, unaware of the split at the December 1969 Army Convention, switching to the Provisional IRA soon after.
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Martin Mcguinness said that McGuinness and an anonymous IRA member gave him bomb parts that morning.
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Martin Mcguinness said that his organisation intended to attack city centre premises in Derry on the same day.
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Martin Mcguinness refused to recognise the court, and was sentenced to six months' imprisonment.
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Martin Mcguinness was in indirect contact with British intelligence during the 1981 hunger strikes, and again in the early 1990s.
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Martin Mcguinness was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont in 1982, representing Londonderry.
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Martin Mcguinness was the second candidate elected after Social Democratic and Labour Party leader John Hume.
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In 2005, Michael McDowell, the Irish Tanaiste, stated McGuinness, along with Gerry Adams and Martin Ferris, were members of the seven-man IRA Army Council.
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Martin Mcguinness became Sinn Fein's chief negotiator in the Northern Ireland peace process negotiations which led to the Good Friday Agreement.
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Martin Mcguinness was elected to the Northern Ireland Forum in 1996 representing Foyle.
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Martin Mcguinness was nominated by his party for a ministerial position in the power-sharing executive, where he became Minister of Education.
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Martin Mcguinness was re-elected to the Westminster Parliament in 2001,2005 and 2010.
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Martin Mcguinness joked with Powell about unionist MPs while Mowlam referred to him as "babe" and discussed her difficulties with Blair.
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Martin Mcguinness was a fan of the Derry Gaelic football and hurling teams and played both sports when he was younger.
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Martin Mcguinness grew up just 50 metres from Celtic Park, the home of Derry's Gaelic Athletic Association.
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Martin Mcguinness supported Derry City FC where his younger brother Paul played for the Candystripes.
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