WHO'S WHO IN THE PEACE PROCESS

David Adams - UDP negotiator, Lisburn Borough Council member
Gerry Adams - Leader of Sinn Fein party, 1983 -
Bertie Ahern - Taoiseach 1997-. Leader of Fianna Fail party 1994-
Lord John Alderdice - Presiding Officer (Speaker) of Northern Ireland Assembly. Former leader of Alliance Party 1987-98
Sir Hugh Annesley - Former RUC Chief Constable 1989-96
Tony Blair - British Prime Minister 1997-. Leader of British Labor party 1994-
Sir Peter Brooke - Secrety of State for Northern Ireland 1989-92
John Bruton - Leader of Fine Gael party 1990-. Taoiseach 1994-97
John de Chastelain - Canadian army general and member of 1995 international decommissioning body. Chairman of body overseeing implementation of decommissioning
Dr. Robin Eames - Primate of the Church of Ireland
Garret FitzGerald - Leader of Fine Gael 1977-87. Taoiseach 1981-82 and 1982-87. Signed Anglo-Irish Agreement with then British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
Ronnie Flannagan - RUC Chief Constable 1996-
Edward Heath - British Conservative Prime Minister 1970-74. Signed SUnningdale Agreement of December 1973
Hari Holkeri - Former Norwegian Prime Minister. Member of 1995 international decommissioning body
John Hume - Leader of SDLP 1979-. Member of European Parliament. Joint winner of Nobel Peace Prize in 1998 for his work on bringing peace to Northern Ireland
Martin McGuinness - Sinn Fein MP for Fermanagh-South Tyrone. Negotiator during talks leading up to the Good Friday Agreement
Cecil McKnight - North West chairman of UDP. Shot dead in his home June 29, 1991
Gary McMichael - Leader of the UDP
John McMichael - (1948-1987) Politically active Loyalist. Co-wrote the UDA "Commonsense" Document. Father of Gary McMichael. Killed by an under-car booby-trap bomb outside his home December 22, 1987
Ken Maginnis - MP for Fermanagh. UUP security spokesperson
John Major - Former British Conservative Prime Minister 1990-97. Signed 1993 Downing Street Declaration
Seamus Mallon - Deputy Minister of Northern Ireland Assembly 1998-. Deputy leader of SDLP
Sir Patrick Mayhew - Former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 1992-97. Fomer British attorney General
Senator George Mitchell - Former US Senator and chairman of 1995 international decommissioning body. Chairman of all-party talks leading to Good Friday Agreement
James Molyneaux - Former leader of the Ulster Unionist Party 1979-95
Dr. (Margorie) Mo Mowlam - Former British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 1997-1999
Rev. Ian Paisley - Set up the Free Presbyterian Church in 1951. Founder and leader of the Democratic Unionist Party 1971-. MP for North Antrim since 1970
Albert Reynolds - Former Taoiseach and leader of the Fianna Fail party 1992-94. Signed 1993 Downing Street Declaration. Instrumental in ceasefire negotiations with John Hume and Gerry Adams
Peter Robinson - Deputy leader of DUP
Bobby Sands - (1954-81) IRA prisoner in Long Kesh. Went on hunger strike for political status. Died after 66 days. Elected as MP during his strike
Ray Smallwoods - (1950-1994) Chairman of UDP. Brought about the 1991 Loyalist ceasefire. Shot dead July 11, 1994
Dick Spring - Leader of Irish Labor Party. Former Tanaiste and former Minister for Foreign Affairs. In coalition government with Fine Gael 1981-2 and 1982-87, with Fianna Fail 1993-94 and with Fine Gael and Democratic Left 1994-97
Margaret Thatcher - British Conservative Prime Minister 1979-90. Signed the Anglo-Irish Agreement in 1985 with then Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald
David Trimble - First Minister in Northern Ireland Assembly 1998-. Leader of Ulster Unionist Party 1995-. Joint winner of Nobel Peace Prize in 1998 for his work on brining peace to Northern ireland
Andy Tyrie - Former chairmand of UDA. Resigned in 1988
John White - UDP negotiator

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