Jennifer McCann | |
|---|---|
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| Junior Minister Assisting the Deputy First Minister | |
| In office 12 June 2012 – 25 June 2016 | |
| Deputy FM | Martin McGuinness |
| Preceded by | Martina Anderson |
| Succeeded by | Megan Fearon |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly forBelfast West | |
| In office 7 March 2007 – 6 December 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Diane Dodds |
| Succeeded by | Órlaithí Flynn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1960-03-01)1 March 1960 (age 65)[1] |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Sinn Féin |
| Spouse | Rab Kerr |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | Jennifer McCann MLA |
| a.^ Served alongsideEmma Pengelly until 25 May 2016 | |
Jennifer McCann (born 1 March 1960) is anIrish republican former politician inNorthern Ireland, who was elected in 2007 to theNorthern Ireland Assembly as aSinn Féin member forBelfast West. She resigned from the Assembly in December 2016.[2]
McCann was born in theTwinbrook area ofBelfast, and was friends withBobby Sands and his sisterBernadette. She joined the republican movement as a schoolgirl, becoming a member ofCumann na mBan then joining theProvisional Irish Republican Army aged 17. McCann was arrested aged 20, after shooting aRoyal Ulster Constabulary police officer, and subsequently sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment.
McCann was released from prison after serving just over ten years of her sentence, and began working for Sinn Féin in the POW Department and Women's Department. She is active on a number of projects in her community, including the Sally Gardens Community Centre Committee, the Safer Neighbourhoods Project, the Colin Community Festival, and the Falls Community Council's Community Drugs Programme.
McCann is married to former IRA prisonerRab Kerr, with whom she has three children.
| Northern Ireland Assembly | ||
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| Preceded by | MLA forBelfast West 2007–2016 | Succeeded by |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Junior Minister 2012–2016 | Succeeded by |
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