Bairbre de Brún

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Bairbre de Brún MEP
Bairbre de Brún
Incumbent
Assumed office 
2004
Born January 10, 1954 (age 53)
Dublin, Ireland
Political party Sinn Féin
Website Bairbre de Brún MEP


Bairbre de Brún (born as Barbara Brown on 10 January 1954 in Dublin) is one of two Sinn Féin MEPs and the first Sinn Féin politician to represent Northern Ireland in the European Parliament.

De Brún qualified as a French and German teacher and is also noted for her devotion to the Irish language, which she speaks fluently. She has lived Andersonstown area Belfast since the early 1980s.

In the European Parliament, she sits with the European United Left - Nordic Green Left. Until 2004, she was a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly, in one of the seats for the staunchly republican West Belfast. She was Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety in the power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive from November 29, 1999 to October 14, 2002, when devolution was suspended.

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Parliamentarians in Northern Ireland

European Parliament

Jim Allister • Bairbre de Brún • Jim Nicholson

Westminster
Gerry Adams • Gregory Campbell • Nigel Dodds • Pat Doherty • Jeffrey Donaldson • Mark Durkan • Michelle Gildernew • Sylvia Hermon • Willie McCrea • Alasdair McDonnell • Eddie McGrady • Martin McGuinness • Conor Murphy • Iris Robinson • Peter Robinson • David Simpson • Sammy Wilson

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