Martina Anderson information

Martina Anderson
MLA
Martina Anderson MLA
Member of the European Parliament ; for Northern Ireland
	In office; 12 June 2012 – 31 January 2020
Preceded by	Bairbre de Brún
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Junior Minister Assisting the Deputy First Minister
	In office; 16 May 2011 – 11 June 2012 Serving with Jonathan Bell
Deputy FM	Martin McGuinness
Preceded by	Gerry Kelly
Succeeded by	Jennifer McCann
Member of the Legislative Assembly ; for Foyle
	In office; 10 February 2020 – 13 September 2021
Preceded by	Raymond McCartney
Succeeded by	Pádraig Delargy ; Ciara Ferguson
	In office; 7 March 2007 – 11 June 2012
Preceded by	Mitchel McLaughlin
Succeeded by	Maeve McLaughlin
Personal details
Born	16 April 1962 (age 62); Derry, Northern Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Sinn Féin
Spouse	Paul Kavanagh
Website	martinamep.eu

Martina Anderson (born 16 April 1962) is an Irish^[2] former politician from Northern Ireland who served as Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Foyle from 2020 to 2021, and previously from 2007 to 2012. A member of Sinn Féin, she served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) representing Northern Ireland from 2012 to 2020.

She became involved in the Irish republican movement in the late 1970s and is a former Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteer. In June 1986, she was convicted of conspiring to cause explosions and sentenced to life in prison.^[3] She was released 13 years later as a condition of the Good Friday Agreement^[3]^[4] and subsequently became involved in politics for Sinn Féin.

She was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Northern Ireland from 2007 to 2012, representing Foyle. She served in the Northern Ireland Executive as a Junior Minister at the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister from 2011 to 2012. In 2012, she became a Member of the European Parliament, and she was reelected in 2014 and in 2019. She left the European Parliament in 2020 and returned to the Northern Ireland Assembly.

^ ^a ^b "MLA Details: Ms Martina Anderson". Aims.niassembly.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Sinn Féin: Anderson gets Irish diplomatic passport". Derry Journal. 24 November 2014. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Beyond the Wire". Ireland's Own. 1996. Archived from the original on 9 December 2006. Retrieved 21 March 2007.
^ Martin Fletcher (11 November 1998). "200th release sparks anger". The Times.

[mla-1] "MLA Details: Ms Martina Anderson". Aims.niassembly.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2015.

[passport-2] "Sinn Féin: Anderson gets Irish diplomatic passport". Derry Journal. 24 November 2014. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2018.

[io-3] "Beyond the Wire". Ireland's Own. 1996. Archived from the original on 9 December 2006. Retrieved 21 March 2007.

[times-4] Martin Fletcher (11 November 1998). "200th release sparks anger". The Times.

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Martina Anderson MLA


Member of the European Parliament for Northern Ireland
In office 12 June 2012 – 31 January 2020
Preceded by	Bairbre de Brún
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Junior Minister Assisting the Deputy First Minister
In office 16 May 2011 – 11 June 2012 Serving with Jonathan Bell
Deputy FM	Martin McGuinness
Preceded by	Gerry Kelly
Succeeded by	Jennifer McCann
Member of the Legislative Assembly for Foyle
In office 10 February 2020^[1] – 13 September 2021
Preceded by	Raymond McCartney
Succeeded by	Pádraig Delargy Ciara Ferguson
In office 7 March 2007 – 11 June 2012
Preceded by	Mitchel McLaughlin
Succeeded by	Maeve McLaughlin

Personal details
Born	(1962-04-16) 16 April 1962 (age 62)^[1] Derry, Northern Ireland
Nationality	Irish^[2]
Political party	Sinn Féin
Spouse	Paul Kavanagh
Website	martinamep.eu