Sue Ramsey

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Sue Ramsey MLA
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Belfast West
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 June 2004
Preceded by	Bairbre de Brún
In office 25 June 1998 – 26 November 2003
Preceded by	New Creation
Succeeded by	Michael Ferguson
Personal details
Born	6 August 1970 (1970-08-06) (age 41) Springhill, West Belfast, Northern Ireland
Political party	SF
Website	Sue Ramsey MLA

Sue Ramsey MLA (born 1970) is an Irish Republican politician.

After growing up in Belfast, Ramsey studied catering. She represented the Poleglass and Twinbrook areas on Lisburn Borough Council from 1997 to 2005.^[1]

Ramsey was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 1998 as a Sinn Féin member for West Belfast. She lost her seat at the 2003 election, when she finished 87 votes^[2] behind Diane Dodds of the DUP in the closest inter-party result of the election^[3] but returned to the Assembly in 2004 as a substitute for Bairbre de Brún. She was then re-elected in 2007 and 2011.

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Northern Ireland Assembly
Preceded by New creation	MLA for Belfast West 1998 - 2003	Succeeded by Michael Ferguson
Preceded by Bairbre de Brún	MLA for Belfast West 2004 -	Succeeded by Incumbent

Leadership

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	Ramsey, Sue
Alternative names
Short description	British politician
Date of birth	6 August 1970
Place of birth	Springhill, West Belfast, Northern Ireland
Date of death
Place of death