Pat Sheehan (Irish republican)

Pat Sheehan
MLA
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for Belfast West
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 December 2010
Preceded by Gerry Adams
Personal details
Born 1958 (age 52-53)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Nationality Irish
Political party Sinn Féin
Spouse(s) Siobhán O'Hanlon (19??–2006; her death)
Children Cormac Sheehan
Religion Roman Catholicism
Other organizations Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer (formerly)

Pat Sheehan (born 1958) is a Sinn Féin politician in Northern Ireland, and former IRA hunger striker at Maze Prison.

On 7 December 2010, he succeeded Gerry Adams as MLA for Belfast West, Adams having resigned in order to contest the Irish general election, 2011. Sheehan retain the seat for Sinn Féin at the 2011 Assembly election.

References

Northern Ireland Assembly
Preceded by
Gerry Adams
MLA for Belfast West
2010-
Succeeded by
Incumbent