Martin McGuiness A presentation by Janosch Kunczik

Overview McGuiness and Ian Paisley Career in the IRA Short Biography

Short Biography - Was born on 23 th May 1950 in Derry (Southern Ireland) - Vistited the Christian Brothers Technical school - McGuinness married Bernadette Canning in Has four children - Is a Gaelic Football fan

Career in the IRA - He joined the IRA around Was about 20 years old - Two years later he was second-in-command of the IRA in his hometown Derry - Held that position on Bloody Sunday - It's assumed, that he supllied IRA terrorists with detonators for nail bombs for that day

Career in the IRA - was convicted by the Republic of Ireland's Special Criminal Court in 1973, after being caught with a car containing 250 lb (113 kg) of explosives and nearly 5,000 rounds of ammunition - went to jail for 6 months

Career in the IRA - Got famous for his imprisonment in the IRA and its political Wing Sinn Fein - was elected to a short-lived assembly at Stormont in 1982, representing Londonderry -As with all elected members of Sinn Féin and the SDLP he did not take up his seat. -He was subsequently banned from entering Great Britain under the Prevention of Terrorism Act

Career in the IRA - The Irish Tánaiste Michael McDowell claimed, that Adams was a member in the seven man IRA Army Council – Mcguiness denied the claims - Peter Taylor pictured Mc Guiness in his documetary as head of the IRA's Northern Command, which has many connections to the Enniskillin Bombing

Career in the IRA - He became Sinn Féin's chief negotiator - He became Minister President for Mid Ulster in He became Minister for Education - elected to the Westminster Parliament in 2001 and 2005but refused to take his seat thererefrefusedto take his seat there

Career in the IRA - Became deputy first Minister under Ian Paisley and later under Peter Robinson

Mc Guiness and Ian Paisley - Paisleys party DUP and McGuiness Party Sinn Féin were enemies of each other (Sinn Féin = Catholic / DUP = Protestant) - The assembly after the St Andrews Agreement nominated Paisley as first Minister and McGuiness as deputy first Minister - Paisley didn't talk with him for a long time - later both started a charm offensive; grew together and symbolized an associated Ireland