Hume won global acclaim for his efforts towards achieving Good Friday agreement in Northern Ireland
John Hume, the former SDLP leader, Nobel peace prize winner and leading player in the Northern Ireland peace process, has died aged 83.
His death marks the passing of one of the most important Irish political leaders of the 20th century whose ideas of compromise, opposition to violence and cross-community outreach underpinned the principles of the 1998 Good Friday agreement.
Source: John Hume, former SDLP leader and Nobel peace prize winner, dies at 83
Category: Northern Ireland, UK news, SDLP, Politics, Good Friday agreement, Derry
