Jennifer McCann

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Jennifer McCann MLA
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Belfast West
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 March 2007
Preceded by	Diane Dodds
Personal details
Born	Twinbrook, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Political party	Sinn Féin
Website	Jennifer McCann MLA

Jennifer McCann MLA is an Irish republican politician in Northern Ireland, who was elected in 2007 to the Northern Ireland Assembly as a Sinn Féin member for Belfast West.

McCann was born in the Twinbrook area of Belfast, and was friends with Bobby Sands and his sister Bernadette. She joined the republican movement as a schoolgirl, becoming a member of Cumann na mBan then joining the Provisional Irish Republican Army aged 17. McCann was arrested aged 20, after shooting a Royal 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 Dept 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, the Falls Community Council's Community Drugs Programme.

McCann is married to former IRA prisoner Rab Kerr, with whom she has three children.

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Preceded by Diane Dodds	MLA for Belfast West 2007 -	Succeeded by Incumbent

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Presidents	Edward Martyn (1905–08) John Sweetman (1908) Arthur Griffith (1908–17) Éamon de Valera (1917–26) John J. O'Kelly (Sceilg) (1926–31) Brian O'Higgins (1931–33) Michael O'Flanagan (1933–35) Cathal Ó Murchadha (1935–37) Margaret Buckley (1937–50) Paddy McLogan (1950–52) Tomás Ó Dubhghaill (1952–54) Paddy McLogan (1954–62) Tomás Mac Giolla (1962–88) Ruairí Ó Brádaigh (1970–83) Gerry Adams (1983–)

Vice Presidents	Larry Grogan (1962–69; 1970–71) Sean Caughey (1963–65) Joe Clarke (1966–72) Cathal Goulding (1969–70) Dáithí Ó Conaill (1971–78; 1978–83) Máire Drumm (1972–76) Joe Cahill (1976–78) Gerry Adams (1978–83) Phil Flynn (1983–85) John Joe McGirl (1985–88) Pat Doherty (1988–2009) Mary Lou McDonald (2009–)

Chairpersons	Seán MacManus (1984–90) Tom Hartley (1990–96) Mitchel McLaughlin (1996–2005) Mary Lou McDonald (2005–09) Declan Kearney (2009–)

General Secretaries	Joe Cahill Cathleen Knowles Tom Hartley (1984–86) Joe Reilly (1986–88) Lucilita Bhreatnach (1988–2003) Mitchel McLaughlin (2003–07) Rita O'Hare (2007–09) Dawn Doyle (2009–)

Directors of Publicity	Seán Ó Brádaigh (1960–79) Danny Morrison (1979–90) Rita O'Hare (1990–98) Dawn Doyle (1998–2008) Rosaleen Doherty (2008–)

Elected representatives

Dáil Éireann (Sinn Féin Front Bench)	Gerry Adams Michael Colreavy Seán Crowe Pearse Doherty Dessie Ellis Martin Ferris Mary Lou McDonald Sandra McLellan Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Jonathan O'Brien Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin Aengus Ó Snodaigh Brian Stanley Peadar Tóibín

Seanad Éireann	David Cullinane Trevor Ó Clochartaigh Kathryn Reilly

European Parliament	Bairbre de Brún

Northern Ireland Assembly	Martina Anderson Cathal Boylan Mickey Brady Paul Butler Willie Clarke Pat Doherty Michelle Gildernew Gerry Kelly Billy Leonard Fra McCann Jennifer McCann Raymond McCartney Barry McElduff Martin McGuinness Daithí McKay Mitchel McLaughlin Alex Maskey Paul Maskey Francie Molloy Conor Murphy Carál Ní Chuilín John O'Dowd Michelle O'Neill Sue Ramsey Caitríona Ruane Patrick Sheehan

Westminster MPs (Abstentionist)	Pat Doherty Michelle Gildernew Martin McGuinness Conor Murphy Paul Maskey

Persondata
Name	McCann, Jennifer
Alternative names
Short description	British politician
Date of birth
Place of birth	Twinbrook, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Date of death
Place of death

Jennifer McCann

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