Former SDLP leader and Nobel peace prize winner John Hume dies at 83 

BREAKING: Former SDLP leader and Nobel peace prize winner John Hume dies at 83

  • John Hume, who was the former leader of the SDLP, has died at the age of 83 

Former SDLP leader and Nobel peace prize winner John Hume has died, his family has announced.

Hume was the founding member of the Northern Irish political party the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) – a nationalist group which currently has two MPs in Westminster and 12 MLAs in the Northern Irish Assembly. 

He was also the co-recipient of the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize with fellow Northern Irish politician David Trimble.

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