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Mark Durkan

Northern Ireland politician
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Also known as: John Mark Durkan
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John Mark Durkan
Born:
June 26, 1960, Londonderry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland (age 64)
Title / Office:
parliament (2005-2017), United Kingdom
Political Affiliation:
Fine Gael
Social Democratic and Labour Party

Mark Durkan (born June 26, 1960, Londonderry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland) is a politician who represented the constituency of Foyle in the Northern Ireland Assembly (1998–2010) and the British Parliament (2005–17) and who served as leader of the nationalist Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) from 2001 to 2010. Durkan entered politics while still a student at Queen’s University Belfast. He left school to work as an assistant to SDLP leader John Hume, who had been elected to the British Parliament in 1983. Durkan was an effective organizer and helped several SDLP members win election in the British House of ...(100 of 469 words)

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