Gerry Fitt

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Gerry Fitt was a prominent Northern Irish nationalist politician and civil rights advocate who became the founding leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP).


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish nationalist
civil rights activist
human
politician
advocatedFor civil rights in Northern Ireland
birthName Gerard Fitt NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath illness
countryOfActivity United Kingdom NERFINISHED
countryOfBirth Northern Ireland NERFINISHED
countryOfDeath Northern Ireland NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1926-04-09
dateOfDeath 2005-08-26
era The Troubles in Northern Ireland NERFINISHED
ethnicIdentity Irish
founderOf Social Democratic and Labour Party NERFINISHED
foundingMemberOf Social Democratic and Labour Party NERFINISHED
honorificTitle Baron Fitt NERFINISHED
honouredIn House of Lords as Baron Fitt of Bell's Hill
knownFor founding the SDLP
representation of nationalist interests at Westminster
role in the Northern Ireland civil rights movement
languageSpoken English
memberOf House of Lords NERFINISHED
Irish Labour Party NERFINISHED
Social Democratic and Labour Party NERFINISHED
name Gerry Fitt NERFINISHED
nationality British
nobleTitle Life peer
numberOfChildren 5
opposedTo sectarianism in Northern Ireland
parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented Belfast West NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Belfast NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Belfast NERFINISHED
politicalIdeology Irish nationalism
social democracy
positionHeld Deputy Chief Executive in the Northern Ireland Executive
Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
Member of the European Parliament
Member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland
Senator of the Parliament of Northern Ireland
regionOfActivity Northern Ireland NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholic
residence Belfast NERFINISHED
spouse Anne Fitt NERFINISHED
supported power-sharing in Northern Ireland

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Social Democratic and Labour Party
foundedBy

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